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LIVING  WATERS 

OR 

MESSAGES   OF   JOY 


LIVING   WATERS 

OR 

MESSAGES  OF  JOY 

WITH  AN   INTRODUCTION   BY 

DWIGHT  GODDARD 


NEW  YORK 
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INTRODUCTION 

The  characteristic  religious  literature  of  to- 
day is  marked  by  an  increasing  recognition  of 
the  spiritual  realm  as  a  cosmic  reality.  The 
familiar  emphasis  on  a  Hebrew  anthropo- 
morphic Jehovah  and  the  consequent  legalistic 
symbols  of  sin  and  righteousness,  judgment 
and  forgiveness,  is  passing,  and  the  ancient  but 
less  familiar  Greek  tradition  of  God  as  the  One 
Source  is  becoming  more  and  more  familiar. 
It  is  becoming  more  and  more  familiar  because 
it  is  seen  with  increasing  clearness  that  it  fits 
in  better  with  the  world's  increasing  knowledge 
of  matter,  nature  and  soul. 

Heaven  is  no  longer  cherished  or  scorned  as 
a  place  of  felicity  to  which  the  soul  goes  after 
death,  as  it  is  seen  to  be  consistent  with  the 
reality  of  a  spiritual  life  beginning  here  and 
now,  into  which  the  soul  advances  in  its  logical 
progress  toward  its  homeland  in  Spirit.  If 
such  an  immaterial  existence,  apart  from  a  ma- 

[v] 


INTRODUCTION' 

terial  body,  is  true,  then  spiritual  messages  are 
not  impossible,  but  to  be  expected. 

The  world  is  coming  more  and  more  to 
realize  the  inadequacy  of  verbal  logic  as  a  safe 
guide  to  Spiritual  Reality,  and  is  listening 
more  humbly  and  wistfully  to  these  spiritual 
messages,  and  none  of  them  have  come  with 
more  marks  of  authenticity  and  convincing- 
ness than  these  presented  herewith. 

The  underlying  philosophy  of  Living 
Waters  is  characteristically  that  of  Plato  and 
Plotinus.  This  is  seen  particularly  in  the 
selection  of  March  12th.  The  Soul  has  corre- 
spondence with  Nature  below  itself  and  sees  it 
to  be  good  and  beautiful;  and  has  correspond- 
ence with  Spiritual  Reality  above  itself  by 
messengers  and  aspiration;  while  above  all  is 
God,  the  source  of  all  Goodness,  Wisdom  and 
Beauty,  to  which  the  Soul  has  access,  not  by 
work  or  thought  or  effort,  but  by  simple  and 
loving  aspiration  and  appropriation. 

Set  aside  your  habitual  and  familiar  symbols 

and  framework  of  religious  thought  and  read 

them  with  open,  receptive  minds.      Jesus  is 

honored  in  all ;  in  some  He  almost  appears  to 

[vi] 


INTRODUCTION 

be  the  speaker  Himself.  The  joyousness  and 
beauty  and  elevation  will  be  an  inspiration  to 
every  open-minded  Christian,  to  whom  John 
said:  Beloved,  believe  not  every  spirit,  but 
prove  the  spirits,  whether  they  are  of  God; 
because  many  false  prophets  are  gone  into  the 
world.  Hereby  know  ye  the  Spirit  of  God: 
Every  spirit  that  confesseth  that  Jesus  Clirist 
is  come  in  the  flesh  is  of  God. 

DWIGHT  GODDARD 

New  York 
August  22,  1919. 


[vii] 


NOTE 

These  messages  were  spoken  to  me  by  the 
"  still,  small  voice  "  that  speaks  in  all  men. 
The  voice  that  I  heard  spoke  in  my  breast,  not 
in  my  head,  and  the  words  dropped  one  by  one, 
so  that  each  sentence  was  taken  on  faith,  as  it 
were,  until  it  was  finished.  I  wrote  the  words 
down  as  they  came,  and  they  usually  came  as 
fast  as  I  could  write.  The  spacing,  as  printed, 
between  the  writing  of  any  given  day,  indicates 
short  periods  of  time  —  a  minute  or  two  or 
three  —  during  which  the  voice  was  silent. 

The  messages  began  one  day  when  I  sat 
dowTi  to  do  some  writing  connected  with  the 
work  in  which  I  was  then  engaged.  I  was 
alone  at  the  time,  and  for  the  succeeding  tw^o  or 
three  davs  I  was  alone  when  I  took  do^\^l  the 
messages.  After  that,  I  wrote  in  the  presence 
of  a  friend.     Not  a  word  has  been  changed. 

To  me  these  writings  are  the  answer  to  a 
pervading  desire  that  I  think  I  may  say  had 
become  the  strons^est  desire  of  mv  life :  the  de- 

[ix] 


NOTE 

sire  to  know  more  of  the  laws  and  the  life  of 
the  spirit.  There  was  nothing  so  intensely 
interesting  to  me  as  the  spiritual  realm 
toward  which  the  human  race  is  slowly  but 
surely  advancing. 

For  me,  and  for  those  who  have  followed 
them,  these  messages  have  meant  instruction  in 
the  unfolding  of  that  incredibly  simple  law  of 
faith  which  was  stated  so  perfectly  by  Jesus 
Christ  when  He  said:  Therefore  I  say  unto 
you,  AYhat  things  soever  ye  desire,  when  ye 
pray,  believe  that  ye  receive  them,  and  ye  shall 
have  them. 

But  most  of  all  these  messages  have  given 
me  a  steadfast  consciousness  of  the  reality  of 
God  as  a  loving  Presence,  who  never  leaves  us, 
who  never  fails  us,  whose  mighty  wisdom  works 
out  the  smallest  detail  of  our  daily  lives,  and 
whose  power,  the  one  and  only,  brings  unto  all 
men,  who  persistently  seek  it  and  lovingly 
yield  to  it,  an  ever  increasing  freedom  from 
limitations  and  a  joyous  and  thankful  sense  of 
partnership  in  all  the  riches  of  the  Spiritual 
Kingdom. 

THE  ONE  WHO  RECEIVED  THE  MESSAGES 

[x] 


THE   FIRST  MESSAGE 


►    t     » 

•>  >  > 

Q        O 


THE  FIRST  MESSAGE 

Feb,  21,  1010. 

OPEAK  thou  the  words  that  I  shall  set 
^  dowTi.  Listen  to  the  words  that  I  shal] 
utter.  Faith  has  no  measure  of  the  words  that 
I  shall  sj^eak.  Earth  has  no  knowledge  of  the 
words  that  are  Mine.  I  speak  in  a  language 
that  has  no  reason,  for  reason  is  man's  proof  of 
what  he  does  not  understand.  A"\Tiat  I  shall 
say  is  what  I  see  with  ]My  eyes,  what  I  shall 
tell  vou  is  what  I  know  from  the  works  of  God. 
There  is  not  reason  in  life,  there  is  only  life. 
Seek  ye  the  source. 

I  have  come  that  all  men  should  know  what 
I  know,  that  all  men  should  take  what  has  been 
theirs  from  the  beginning  of  the  world.  I  am 
the  I  that  is  in  all  men.  ]Men  know  Me  not 
because  they  know  not  that  they  are  one  with 
Me  who  was  from  the  beginning. 

What  I  say  to  you,  I  say  to  all  men.  Spread 
the  word  that  I  shall  give,  the  sacred,  common 
word  that  lies  hidden  in  all  hearts.  Receive 
thou  ]Me.     Allien  all  has  been  made  light,  then 

[1] 


LIVING     WATERS 

shall  you  knov/  wLat  the  light  hides  with  its 
brightness,  even  the  God  upon  whom  you  can 
not  now  bear  to  look. 

Judge  not  My  words.  Think  not.  Set 
them  down. 

On  the  seventh  day  there  came  riding  into 
the  city,  a  man  on  a  white  ass,  a  little  ass  with 
a  tail  like  a  hempen  rope.  And  the  man  said 
to  them  that  followed  after  him,  "  What  seek 
ye?"  And  they  answered,  "Thou,  O  Lord 
God  of  Israel." 

Then  answered  he,  "  Seek  ye  me  in  that 
place  where  no  man  meets  aught  but  himself." 

And  they  marveled,  saying,  "  What  mean- 
eth  he  ?  How  can  a  man  meet  another  in  that 
place  where  he  meets  no  one  but  himself? 
And  where  is  that  place?  Where  go  we  that 
no  other  comes? " 

But  he  who  sat  upon  the  white  ass  only 
smiled,  as  was  his  habit,  and  said,  "  Seek  ye  my 
meaning  in  your  hearts.  And  say  to  him 
whom  thou  shalt  meet  there,  that  I  am  come, 
even  he  who  was  there  from  the  beginning." 

And  again  they  marveled  and  left  him  not, 
[2] 


THE     FIRST     ^MESSAGE 

for  he  drew  them  after  hiiu  as  a  strong  man 
draweth  in  his  nets  heav}'-  with  fish. 

So  it  came  to  pass  on  that  day  that  he  passed 
through  the  city  of  Tirzah,  that  a  man  came 
to  him  crying,  "  Lord,  I  have  sought  you  from 
afar,  from  afar  have  I  cried  unto  you.  ^^Hiv 
turnest  thou  awav?  " 

And  he  that  rode  upon  the  white  ass  said, 
"  Turn  I  from  you?  Can  a  man  turn  away 
from  himself,  or  a  hungry  man  from  the  bread 
he  breaks  ?  Know  you  not  that  I  have  sought 
you  from  the  beginning,  and  you  come  crying, 
'  A^Hiy  turnest  thou  away,  O  Lord? ' 

"  Turn  thou,  and  thou  shalt  find  me,  even 
thou  thvself  shalt  find  me  myself,  and  God 
shall  fold  us  one  with  another  and  breathe  the 
breath  of  His  healing  into  us  twain  until  no 
man  can  say  whether  I  turn  to  bless  you  or 
you,  running,  hasten  to  bless  me  with  thy 
withered  hand  that  now  is  made  whole." 

And  it  was  in  that  moment  even  so  as  he 
said;  and  the  man  raised  the  hand  that  had 
been  made  whole  and  blessed  him  who  rode 
through  the  city  on  a  white  ass,  a  little  white 
ass  with  a  tail  like  a  hempen  rope. 

And  so  it  was  that  wherever  he  went  there 

[3] 


LIVING     WATERS 

ran  after  him  multitudes  crying  to  be  healed, 
and  he  healed  them  all  for  there  need  was 
great.  Great  was  their  need  in  that  day  and 
great  was  their  blessing. 

Great  is  thy  need  today  and  great  shall  be 
thy  blessing. 

Tm^n  not  from  My  voice.  Doubt  not.  Re- 
ceive Me. 

Now  is  the  time  to  speak  in  the  voice  of  one 
who  knows  and  doubts  not.  Can  I  not  speak, 
think  you,  because  I  am  no  longer  in  the  flesh 
beside  you?  Beloved,  I  died  on  the  cross  that 
I  might  speak  to  all  men. 

Doubt  never.  Thrust  your  hand  into  My 
side.  Prove  Me  what  I  am.  Love  Me  and 
be  filled.     Need  I  not  you,  as  I  need  all  men? 

I  and  the  Father  and  all  His  children  are 
bound  together  in  one  body,  a  body  of  love. 

Receive  thou  Me. 

And  he  spake  in  this  wise,  saying,  "  There 
was  a  man  who  said  unto  his  master,  '  I  have 
had  naught  from  you  but  curses  and  hard 
blows.  Now  shall  I  take  my  wife  and  my 
children  and  the  little  goods  that  ever  I  have 

[4] 


THE     FIRST     MESSAGE 

saved  under  thy  scanty  wages,  and  I  shall  go 
into  a  far  country  where  there  is  no  lahor  but 
tliat  which  the  servant  gives  out  of  love  to  his 
master.' 

"  And  he  took  his  wife  and  his  children  and 
his  goods  and  he  went  into  that  far  country 
where  a  servant  gives  his  labor  unto  his  master 
out  of  the  love  that  he  bears  him.  And  when 
he  was  come  thither,  lo,  he  was  but  at  the 
further  side  of  that  which  was  his  own  land, 
over  which  ruled  the  hard  master  who  had 
given  him  naught  but  curses  and  hard  blows. 
And  the  master  who  came  unto  him  was  even 
he  who  had  made  his  days  heavy  and  his  nights 
of  no  refreshment. 

"  But  his  countenance  was  shining  with  love 
so  that  his  servant  would  have  known  him  not 
except  that  he  bore  upon  his  forehead  the  sign 
of  the  master  who  ruled  that  land.  And  the 
servant  said  unto  him,  '  How  find  I  vou  whom 
I  sought  to  leave,  and  how,  finding  you,  art 
tliou  so  different? ' 

"  And  the  master  said,  '  Am  I  then  so  dif- 
ferent? Can  the  master  be  other  than  that 
the  servant  seeketh  to  find  in  him?  Go  back 
where  thou  comest  from,  even  to  thine  own 

[5] 


LIVING     WATERS 

little  roof  that  is  lonely  for  thee  under  the  stars, 
and  there  shalt  thou  find  me  even  as  thou  find- 
est  me  here,  and  thou  shalt  give  me  thy  labor 
for  love  of  me.' 

"  And  the  servant  returned  unto  the  roof 
that  he  had  left,  unto  the  land  that  he  had 
tilled,  and  his  master  met  him  with  loving 
words,  even  as  he  had  met  him  afar;  and  the 
servant  served  him  in  love  for  he  had  found 
what  he  sought." 

What  seek  ye?     Me?  saith  the  Lord. 

Feb.  25,  1919, 

These  were  the  words  He  spake  in  the  days 
He  walked  the  earth.  These  are  the  words  He 
speaks  when  He  lies  hidden  in  all  men's  hearts. 
Nothing  shall  be  set  down  except  in  truth. 
Nothing  shall  be  born  but  that  which  endureth. 
The  time  has  come  when  ever}^  man  shall  listen 
within  his  own  heart  for  the  truth  that  God 
speaks  to  him. 

The  way  to  life  is  through  the  heart  of  man. 
Let  each  man  seek  himself  in  the  silence  of  his 
own  heart.  There  will  he  find  his  God  and 
will  talk  with  Him.  This  is  prayer.  Each  man 

[6] 


THE     FIRST     MESSAGE 

receives  his  own  message,  his  own  freedom, 
from  the  God  whom  he  meets  when  he  turns  in 
faith  to  the  quiet  place  in  his  own  heart. 

Let  him  turn  each  morning  and  hsten.  Let 
him  turn  each  night  and  seek.  Let  him  turn 
always,  until  he  knows,  as  he  knows  the  com- 
mon outward  things  of  life,  that  his  God  is  ever 
with  him,  ever  listening,  ever  answering,  never 
failing. 

Unto  all  men  is  the  voice  and  the  presence 
of  a  love  that  has  no  end.  Unto  all  men  is  the 
message  and  the  work,  his  work  that  he  does  in 
the  confident  j  oy  of  one  who  does  work  that  he 
alone  can  do. 

Seek  and  find.  Listen  and  hear.  Open  and 
be  filled.  Receive  and  give.  Peace  be  unto 
vou. 

And  it  came  to  pass  upon  that  day  that  the 
mountain  was  moved  from  its  roots  and  cast 
into  the  sea,  that  a  man,  who  knew  no  manner 
of  what  he  said  for  fear  had  taken  all  power  of 
knowing  from  him,  came  into  that  temple  that 
was  left  standing  beside  the  shore  of  the  sea, 
even  that  temple  in  which  was  preached  the 
message  of  the  Risen  Christ. 

[7] 


LIVING     WATERS 

And  as  the  man  fell  trembling  before  the 
altar,  a  great  light  drew  down  about  him,  and 
a  voice  out  of  the  light  said,  "  Why  hast  thou 
sought  Me  here?  Knowest  thou  not  that  I  am 
even  now  knocking  at  the  door  of  thy  soul? 
Why  fear  ye  and  seek  Me?  Am  I  one  to  seek 
since  it  is  I  who  never  leave  thee?  " 

And  the  man  trembled  and  cried,  "  The 
mountain  has  cast  itself  into  the  sea  at  Thy 
command.  How  then  can  I  not  be  full  of  the 
fear  of  Thy  might?  " 

And  the  voice  within  the  light  shone  round 
about  him  as  the  music  of  a  thousand  radiant 
souls,  and  he  knew  no  more. 

When  he  waked,  it  was  nightfall,  and  there 
was  no  light  in  the  temple,  for  the  priests  had 
fled  with  the  rushing  of  the  mountain  into  the 
sea.  But  the  man  stretched  out  his  hand  and 
touched  the  hand  of  another  who  lay  beside 
him,  and  that  other  cried  out,  startled,  for  he 
had  crept  into  the  temple  when  the  night  had 
come  and  had  not  known  that  another  lay 
beside  him. 

"  Who  art  thou?  "  he  cried  in  fear. 

And  he  who  had  slept,  answered,  *'  Our  God 
[8] 


THE     FIRST     ]\I  E  S  S  A  O  E 

toucheth  thee.      Arise,  let  us  go  out  hand  in 
hand  into  the  air." 

And  when  they  were  come  into  tlie  outer  air, 
])eIiold,  each  looked  on  the  other,  and  they  fell 
on  each  other's  neck  and  laughed  for  joy,  for 
they  were  hrothers,  long  lost,  who  had  nursed 
at  the  same  breast. 

"  ^^liere  hast  thou  been,  O  mv  brother?" 
cried  the  one;  and  "  Where  hast  thou  been,  O 
my  brother?  "  cried  the  other.  "  Even  now  I 
sought  you,  on  this  very  day  when  the  moun- 
tain w^as  cast  into  the  sea." 

"  Even  so  didst  thou?  Then  know  that  I, 
who  lay  beside  thee  in  the  temple,  had  been 
lying  without  the  gates  of  thy  house  every 
night,  longing  to  enter,  fearing  to  knock.  The 
mountain  cast  itself  into  the  sea  that  I  might 
cast  mvself  into  thv  arms.  For  what  can  not 
the  longing  of  love  bring  to  pass?  " 

And  they  embraced  again  and  went  forth  to 
the  house  of  him  w^ho  had  fled  to  the  temple  on 
that  day  when  the  mountain  cast  itself  into  the 
sea.  And  behold,  the  sea  was  calm,  like  a  pond 
that  mirrors  clear  stars,  and  in  that  place  where 
the  mountain  had  stood  w\as  a  pool,  deep  as  the 

[9] 


LIVING     WATERS 

mountain  had  been  high,  for  even  as  the  top  is 
that  which  is  hid. 

Seek  ye  the  hidden  depths. 

Now  in  this  day  I  speak  words  that  I  have 
left  until  this  day.  I  do  not  come  to  bring 
confusion  and  the  sword.  I  come  to  bring  the 
nearness  of  each  man  to  his  neighbor  and  his 
God. 

The  horn-  has  come  when  all  men  shall  know 
Me.  I  shall  come  to  each  man  in  the  way  that 
is  his  way,  and  the  way  of  no  other.  Unto 
this  man  shall  be  the  fruit  of  the  vine  that  he 
has  tended,  and  unto  another  the  fruit  that  is 
his.  All  are  branches  of  the  one  tree  of  life. 
Let  no  man  think  that  he  has  no  life  to  draw 
from  the  source  and  to  give  to  his  neighbor. 
All  men  are  doers  of  the  will  of  God. 

Now  has  come  the  time  when  there  shall  be 
no  disputes,  because  men  shall  know  that  each 
man  is  doing  the  will  of  Him  who  sent  him, 
even  as  I  do  the  will  of  Him  who  sent  Me.  I 
and  the  Father  are  one.  You  and  the  Father 
are  one.  Fear  not  to  call.  Receive  with  a 
joyous  heart.      Let  no  man  say,  "  I  am  not 

[10] 


THE     FIRST     MESSAGE 

called."      All  men  are  called   from  the  be- 
ginning. 

Now  is  the  day  near  when  there  shall  appear 
in  the  sky  the  light  of  this,  My  coming.  And 
no  man  shall  know  that  I  am  not  come  to  part 
but  to  bring  together  all  nations,  for,  in  that 
hour,  will  all  men  have  turned  their  hands  one 
against  another,  I  shall  speak  clearly  in  that 
day,  and  each  man  shall  hear,  and  none  shall 
know  ]Me  not  who  I  am. 

Xow  come  to  the  feast  while  the  table  is 
spread  and  fill  yourself.  Open  your  belly  to 
the  words  of  God.  Fill  your  heart  with  the 
joy  of  My  coming.  And  when  I  am  with  you 
in  all  openness,  continue  to  seek,  for  then  are 
you  standing  on  the  threshold,  then  are  you  but 
at  the  opening  of  the  way.  The  way  is  the 
path  to  the  God  of  your  love.  Follow  and  be 
folded  in  His  arms,  even  as  I  am  held  in  the 
bosom  of  His  love. 

Now  in  that  day  when  the  sun  stopped  in 
its  course,  a  man  stood  in  the  marketplace  cry- 
ing that  his  wares  were  trampled  under  foot 
by  the  fearful  feet  of  those  who  feared  that  the 
end  of  the  world  had  come. 

[11] 


LIVING     WATERS 

And  as  he  cried,  cursing,  that  his  goods  were 
despoiled,  a  voice  out  of  the  darkness  cried, 
"  Who  art  thou  that  thinkest  of  thy  goods 
when  all  others  are  thinking  of  the  day  of 
j  udgment  ?  Knowest  thou  not  that  a  man  and 
his  wares  are  as  nothing  in  that  day  when  a 
man  shall  stand  naked  before  his  Maker?  " 

But  he  continued  to  curse  and  to  feel  about 
with  his  feet  and  hands  for  the  goods  that  lay 
trampled  by  the  hurrying  heels  of  those  who 
ran  hither  and  thither  fearing  that  the  end  of 
the  world  was  upon  them. 

Then  as  he  felt  the  stones  beneath  him,  a 
hand  touched  his  hand  and  clung  to  him, 
grasping  his  ankles  and  smoothing  his  garment, 
and  a  voice  said,  "  Why  seek  ye  wares  trampled 
in  the  dust  and  despoiled?     Seek  thou  me." 

And  the  merchant  tried  to  free  himself  from 
the  clinging  hands,  and  he  shook  his  garment 
loose  and  would  have  gone,  but  the  hands  clung 
the  closer  and  the  voice  cried  again,  "  What 
wares  art  thine  but  the  love  of  thy  soul  for  its 
God?  Can  aught  else  endure?  Seek  thou 
that  before  thou  losest  it  in  the  heat  of  the 
marketplace." 

And  as  the  voice  sounded,  the  sun  came 
[12] 


THE     FIRST     IVIESSAGE 

forth  from  the  darkness  that  had  hidden  it  and 
there  was  a  strange  glory  in  the  hght,  and  the 
glory  came  not  from  the  sun  but  from  the 
beggar  that  clung  to  the  feet  of  the  merchant, 
smoothing  his  garment. 

And  as  the  merchant  looked,  the  glory 
faded,  and  the  face  was  the  face  of  the  beggar 
who  came  every  day,  begging,  at  the  opening 
of  his  stall,  asking  for  a  crust  of  kindness  from 
him  who  sold  only  that  w^hich  money  can  buy. 
And  as  the  merchant  looked,  marveling,  the 
beggar  smiled,  and  throwing  ajiart  the  rags 
that  w^ere  his  covering,  he  show^ed  the  merchant 
a  hole  in  his  side  that  w^as  shining  as  w4th 
hidden  treasure  of  great  price. 

"  Didst  thou  think  that  I  was  poor,  I,  the 
beggar  at  thy  gate?  Behold  the  treasure  that 
no  man  can  take  from  me." 

And  he  showed  the  man  the  treasui'e  that  lay 
hidden  beneath  the  rags,  deep  within  the  clean 
hole  in  his  side.  And  again  the  glory  shone 
forth  from  the  beggar  and  again  the  merchant 
marveled. 

"  Canst  thou  trample  on  that  which  no  man 
can  take  from  me?      Or  curse  the  darkness 

[13] 


LIVING     WATERS 

when  thy  light  is  within  thee?  Open  thy  side 
and  receive." 

And  the  merchant  felt  his  garment  torn 
asunder  over  his  heart,  and  a  great  hand  that 
was  strong  and  hot  took  out  his  heart  and  held 
it  close  and  pressed  it  until  a  drop  of  blood 
flowed  from  it  upon  the  rags  of  the  beggar,  and 
where  it  fell  there  sprang  forth  a  tiny  rose  of 
exceeding  sweetness. 

Then  did  the  hand  put  back  the  man's  heart 
within  his  breast,  and  he  looked  about  him,  and 
behold,  the  beggar  was  no  longer  beside  him, 
but  from  afar  off,  at  the  edge  of  the  multitude 
that  came  surging  back  into  the  marketplace, 
was  a  glory  going  forth  as  of  the  sun  on  a  day 
when  it  is  bright  with  the  heat  of  a  thousand 
flowers  born  under  its  rays  in  ten  thousand 
gardens. 

Know  thy  God,  all  men.  Know  Him  who 
knocks  at  thy  heart.  Seek  Him  who  ever  seeks 
thee.  Find  Him  who  never  leaves  thee. 
Honor  with  thy  serving  the  God  who  has  made 
thee.  Hold  in  thy  silent  soul  the  peace  that 
He  gives  thee,  even  the  peace  of  Christ  Jesus. 
Love  all  men  as  the  same  Spirit  that  now 

[14] 


THE     FIRST     IVIESSAGE 

moves  in  thee  to  make  straight  the  crooked  and 
bring  into  the  hght  the  hidden  ways  of  God. 

Cry  "  I  am  "  with  the  breath  of  thy  nostrils 
and  let  thy  heart  beat  with  the  love  of  the  love 
that  made  all  things  from  the  beginning. 
There  is  no  way  but  the  way  that  opens  from 
thy  heart  to  the  heart  of  God ;  there  is  no  light 
but  that  which  shines  in  each  man,  even  the 
light  that  filled  the  heaven  with  heat  at  the 
beginning  of  all  things. 

Simple  is  the  way  and  open  to  all  who  seek 
it.  Easy  is  the  way  and  sweet  to  all  who  love 
the  ^\^ll  of  God.  No  word  is  like  the  word  that 
has  no  beginning  and  no  end,  for  it  is  ever  alive 
and  lives  with  the  life  of  Him  who  ever  creates 
new  life.  I  have  no  word  that  is  not  the  word 
of  Him  who  sent  Me.  I  have  no  eye  but  the 
eye  of  Him  who  saw  Me  before  ever  I  lay 
hidden  in  My  mother's  womb.  ^"\niat  I  am, 
are  all  men;  and  what  I  give,  I  give  unto  all 
men  that  thev  should  find  the  treasure  within 
themselves.  I  have  no  fear  that  men  should 
receive  JVIe  not,  nor  no  faith  that  the  end  is  not 
already  fulfilled  as  it  was  from  the  beginning. 

The  da)^  is  near  when  I  shall  come  openly, 
speaking  to  each  man  the  words  that  are  his 

[15] 


LIVING     WATERS 

words,  and  he  shall  tell,  each  man  his  neighbor, 
what  I  have  said  unto  him. 

Feb.  27,  1919. 

Then  said  the  Lord  unto  them  that  followed 
Him,  "  I  am  come  that  none  should  know 
death." 

And  those  that  were  with  Him  looked  one 
at  another  and  they  would  have  smiled  if  they 
had  not  feared  that  He  would  see  them,  for  as 
yet  they  knew  not  that  He  could  take  death 
into  Himself  and  make  it  of  no  avail. 

And  while  they  waited  for  Him  to  speak 
further,  a  man  who  had  been  helpless  from  his 
youth  was  carried  before  the  Lord,  and  they 
that  set  him  down  stretched  their  arms  and 
were  weary  with  the  burden  they  had  borne  so 
far. 

"  Has  this  burden  wearied  thee?  "  asked  the 
Lord.  "  Even  this  burden  of  a  living  man 
who  is  as  one  dead?  Then  think  thou  how 
weary  art  thou  with  the  dead  man  that  thou 
carriest  in  thy  heart  and  in  thy  mind,  for  is  not 
that  death  that  knows  not  life?     I  am  life." 

And  at  His  words,  the  man  who  was  help- 
[16] 


THE    FIR  s  T    :m  i:  s  s  a  g  e 

less  stretched  forth  the  hand  that  was  power- 
less and  touched  the  garment  of  tlie  Lord,  and 
there  flowed  into  him  a  stream  of  life  sweeter 
than  the  life  that  was  his  when  a  bahe,  and  he 
got  upon  his  feet  and  fell  upon  his  knees  and 
kissed  the  hem  of  the  Lord's  garment.  But 
they  who  had  carried  him  thither  were  not 
moved  to  stretch  forth  their  hands  to  touch  the 
garment  of  the  Lord  nor  did  they  fall  upon 
their  knees  and  give  thanks.  They  were  still 
waiting  for  that  to  happen  which  should  turn 
all  men  to  Him  who  came  to  turn  all  men  to 
themselves. 

And  so  it  was  that  the  Lord  knew  from  that 
dav  that  He  must  take  death  into  Himself, 
even  the  death  of  the  whole  world,  before  the 
world  could  find  Him  who  loved  them  with  a 
love  that  holds  the  children  of  the  world  folded 
within  the  shelter  of  His  heart. 

There  is  no  noise  that  can  drown  IMy  voice. 
There  is  no  crowd  that  can  crowd  ^le  out. 
Present  am  I  ever,  and  full  of  joy.  Joy  have 
I  in  abundance  to  give  unto  all  men.  Did  I 
not  come  with  tidings  of  great  j  oy  ?  And  what 
are  these  tidings  of  great  j  oy  ?     Only  each  man 

[17] 


LIVING     WATERS 

who  receives  Me  can  know  what  abundance  of 
joyous  sound  is  shut  within  his  own  heart. 

Was  ever  a  little  man  confounded  with  his 
own  greatness  ?  Or  a  great  man  made  humble 
by  his  own  littleness  ?  Can  any  man  say  where 
he  shall  find  himself  when  I  have  winnowed 
him? 

But  let  him  fear  not.  He  seeks  life,  and  I 
seek  Myself  in  all  men,  and  I  am  Life.  Can 
Life  do  aught  but  grow?  Or  a  dead  thing  do 
better  than  die  quickly? 

Peace  and  a  clear  mind  be  unto  you.  Re- 
ceive thou  Me. 

Rome  was  a  city  in  those  days  unto  which 
all  men  turned.  It  was  a  city  on  a  hill,  a  city 
of  earthly  splendor.  And  there  came  into  that 
city  a  man  who  had  known  the  Lord  when  the 
Lord  was  on  earth  in  the  flesh  and  who  had 
seen  the  Lord  on  one  of  those  times  when  He 
returned  to  earth  in  the  glory  of  His  risen 
body. 

And  this  man  had  a  little  child  with  him,  a 

little  boy  who  held  on  to  his  hand,  looking 

about  him  at  the  wonders  of  the  city.     And  the 

little  child  had  a  little  flower  pressed  close 

[18] 


THE     FIRST     MESSAGE 

within  his  hand,  a  httle  flower  that  he  had 
plucked  on  the  plain  without  the  gates  of  the 
city.  This  little  flower  was  dearer  to  the  little 
child  than  were  all  the  splendors  of  the  wonder- 
ful citv,  and  he  held  it  close  for  fear  that  he 
would  lose  it. 

"  "\\niy  lookest  thou  at  thy  little  fist  so  many 
times?"  asked  the  man  who  held  the  other 
little  hand  within  his  own.  "  Thinkest  thou  to 
beat  the  mighty  Caesar  on  his  throne  with  that 
little  fist?" 

For  the  man  loved  the  child  exceedingly,  and 
watched  him,  what  he  did,  even  as  the  child 
watched  the  flower  tight  hidden  within  his 
hand. 

Xow  as  they  were  come  into  the  heart  of  the 
city,  there  was  a  great  stirring,  and  the  crowds 
of  men  parted  on  either  side,  and  a  man  on  a 
white  horse  came  riding  between  them,  look- 
ing neither  to  the  right  nor  to  the  left,  and  in 
one  hand  he  bore  a  banner  that  was  painted 
with  the  marks  of  beasts  who  had  torn  at  it  in 
the  arena,  for  in  that  day  beasts  fought  with 
men  that  men  might  feel  the  lust  of  blood  in 
full  quick  measure. 

And  as  he  came  riding  past  the  spot  where 

[19] 


LIVING     WATEHS 

the  little  child  and  the  man  stood  side  by  side, 
close  dra^vTi  together  at  the  edge  of  the  crowd, 
the  little  child  thrust  forth  its  little  fist  and 
smote  the  leg  of  the  man  as  he  rode  past.  And 
the  man  looked  down,  and  when  he  beheld  w^ho 
it  was  that  had  struck  him,  he  leaned  over  with 
a  great  laugh  and  caught  the  little  child  up 
beside  him  on  the  white  horse;  and  the  little 
child  took  the  reins  that  the  man  handed  him 
in  jest,  and  his  little  fist  that  held  the  little 
flower  that  he  loved  more  than  he  loved  the 
splendors  of  the  wonderful  city,  opened,  and 
the  little  flower  that  was  hidden  there  fell  on 
the  pavement  of  the  city  street  and  was  trodden 
under  the  hoofs  of  the  horse. 

And  when  he  saw  what  had  befallen  his  little 
flower,  he  thrust  the  reins  back  into  the  hands 
of  the  rider  of  the  horse  and  threw  himself  from 
the  back  of  the  horse  and  the  bystander  who 
was  near  caught  him  and  set  him  upon  his  feet. 

"My  flower!  Oh,  my  flower!"  he  cried. 
"  Give  me  my  little  flower." 

Then  did  the  man  who  rode  upon  the  white 
horse  slide  from  his  horse's  back  and  pick  up 
the  little  flower,  warm  with  the  heat  of  that 
little  fist,  and  when  he  did  press  it  back  into 

[20] 


THE     FIRST     MESSAGE 

that  little  fist,  suddenly  there  came  upon  hini 
such  a  feeling  of  sweet  joy  that  he  could  hardly 
stand  upon  his  feet,  and  he  looked  at  the  little 
child  and  at  the  man  who  had  brought  him  into 
the  city,  and  who  had  come  close  again  to  his 
beloved  child  and  taken  him  within  the  shelter 
of  his  arm. 

"  Who  art  thou?  "  asked  he  who  had  carried 
through  the  city  the  banner  marked  by  the 
beast  that  fought  with  men.  "  Why  pullest 
thou  me  from  my  horse  and  makest  me  to 
tremble  as  before  the  Caesar  on  his  throne?  " 

But  the  man  who  held  the  child  within  the 
shelter  of  his  arm  answered  not. 

Then  did  the  man  who  had  ridden  upon  the 
horse  fall  on  his  knees  before  the  little  child 
and  press  his  lips  on  the  little  warm  fist  that 
held  the  trampled  flower. 

"  I  know  thee,"  he  said.  "  I  know  thee. 
Thou  art  he  w^ho  yesterday  was  slain  that  this 
banner  might  be  bright  with  blood.  I  see  thy 
bleeding  side.  I  hear  thy  cry  of  pain.  Oh  my 
God!    Forgive!    Forgive!" 

The  little  child  looked  at  him,  amazed  but 
not  fearful,  and  he  put  out  his  little  hand  and 
gave  his  beloved  flower  to  the  weeping  man. 

[21] 


LIVING     WATERS 

And  the  little  flower,  as  he  gave  it,  grew  fresh 
and  sweet  as  it  was  when  it  was  tossed  by  the 
gentle  air  on  the  plain  without  the  city,  and  it 
was  sweet  with  a  sweetness  that  no  earthly 
flower  has  ever  borne. 

And  from  that  day  forth,  the  rider  who  had 
carried  the  banner  marked  with  the  marks  of 
beasts  that  war  with  men,  carried  it  no  more, 
but  walked  through  the  streets  of  the  splendid 
city  on  the  seven  hills,  a  man  who  should  one 
day  stand,  powerless  to  be  harmed,  in  that 
place  where  wild  beasts  war  with  men  to  satisfy 
the  lust  of  blood  quickly  shed. 

He  had  plucked  faith  from,  the  hand  of  a 
little  child  who  loved  a  little  flower  more  than 
the  splendors  of  a  wonderful  city. 

March  4. 1919. 

On  the  top  of  the  mountain  stood  a  temple 
to  the  god  who  gives  life.  And  no  one  in  that 
day  knew  who  that  god  was.  He  was  called 
the  Unknown  God. 

Today  is  He  known  of  all  men.  Only  no 
man  can  know  Him  until  he  knows  that  the 
Unknown  God  and  he  himself  are  one  God 
[22] 


THE     FIRST     MESSAGE 

bound  together  each  to  serve  the  other.  For 
the  Unknown  God  can  not  know  what  man 
knows  except  as  man  makes  known  to  Him  his 
desires  and  his  sorrows ;  and  only  by  giving  to 
the  Unknown  God  his  sorrows  and  his  desires 
can  man  know  the  power  and  the  love  of  Him 
who  serves  him  who  first  serves  Him. 

Believe  and  ask.  Turn  and  see.  Never 
doubt.    Xever  be  sad. 

There  was  once  a  man  that  sought  those 
things  that  all  men  seek,  knowing  not  that  all 
they  seek  is  ]Me. 

jNIoney  he  sought,  and  found;  powxr  that 
money  brings,  and  the  pride  thereof ;  pleasure 
that  is  bought ;  and  the  bitterness  of  the  heart 
that  eats  itself  w^as  unto  him. 

Then  turned  he  with  his  mind  that  was  well 
seasoned  in  cunning,  and  he  asked  of  himself 
wherein  lay  the  failure  that  he  had  made  with 
the  blocks  with  which  he  had  built.  And  he 
w^ho  was  questioned  was,  in  that  one  moment, 
set  free  to  answer  from  the  God  who  sent  him, 
for,  in  that  moment,  did  the  man  know  that  he 
w^as  naught. 

Then  there  came  out  of  the  breast  of  that 

[23] 


LIVING     WATERS 

man  a  sound  that  was  not  known  to  him,  a 
sound  as  of  a  voice  that  spoke  without  noise, 
of  a  voice  that  received  its  words  from  a  place 
that  was  very  still  and  deep  within  himself. 

"Are  you  then  ready  to  turn  to  the  God  who 
made  you,  and  to  the  One  Power?  " 

And  the  man  was  frightened  because  he 
feared  the  voice  that  sounded  its  silent  words 
within  him. 

"  I  have  no  God,"  he  answered.  "And  what 
power  is  greater  than  that  which  is  mine  and 
which  I  despise? " 

Then  did  a  rushing  as  of  a  wind  sound  round 
about  him,  and  it  seemed  to  him  that  he  was 
caught  up  above  the  city  where  he  dwelt,  and  he 
saw  it  as  a  place  of  little  figures  and  much  com- 
motion to  no  end.  And  he  saw  his  treasures 
that  were  his  and  the  buildings  he  had  built 
with  the  blocks  that  he  had  fashioned.  And 
they  were  as  a  toy  that  a  child  fashions  and 
tires  of.  But  men  knew  not  that  they  were 
children  when  they  fashioned  them,  so  that 
they  clung  to  them,  and  the  air  was  rent  with 
the  cries  of  those  who  feared  to  lose  their  toys. 

The  man  turned  where  he  seemed  to  be 
standing  on  this  pinnacle  overlooking  the  city, 
[24] 


THE     FIRST     IVIESSAGE 

and  he  said,  "  I  am  as  one  who  has  seen  what 
God  is  not.  Show  me  God."  For  he  was  not 
yet  humble  and  lie  called  for  God  as  rich  men 
call  for  what  thev  desire. 

"  Show  you  God  ?  Where  will  you  find  Him 
but  where  vou  will  not  seek  Him?  Where  will 
vou  seek  Him  but  where  God  hides  His  face? 
Have  you  no  money  that  can  buy  the  sight 
of  God  nor  power  that  can  bring  Him  thither 
at  yom*  command? " 

And  the  man  knew  that  he  was  listening  to 
the  voice  of  one  who  knew  deep  things  that  he 
knew  not. 

"  Tell  me  what  I  shall  do  to  have  the  power 
that  you  know  of.  To  see  the  God  that  hides 
His  face  from  me." 

"  This,"   answered  the  voice,   "do   I  unto 

you." 

And  the  rich  man  was  taken  with  a  great 
shaking  as  of  one  cold  unto  his  marrow,  and  no 
ground  was  under  his  feet,  no  light  before  his 
eves.  And  all  that  he  knew  in  that  hour  was 
that  a  hand  of  power  that  knew  no  end  was 
upon  him,  shaking  him  as  the  wind  that  w^in- 
nows  out  the  chaff.  And  when  he  was  set  down 
again  upon  the  earth,  he  looked  at  himself  to 

[25] 


1.IVING     WATERS 

see  what  was  left  of  the  man  that  had  been 
he  since  his  birth.  But,  behold,  there  was  no 
man  there  at  all,  but  a  voice  that  cried,  "  I  am 
all  that  liveth  in  thee.    See  thou  me." 

Then  did  the  man  see  the  voice  put  on  a 
shape  that  was  that  of  a  man,  and  as  he  looked, 
behold,  he  saw  that  the  man  was  like  unto 
himself. 

"  Receive  thou  me,"  spake  the  voice  from  out 
the  form  that  was  the  man.  "  Receive  thou  me. 
Deliver  thyself  into  my  keeping.  Abandon 
thy  treasures  and  find  peace." 

But  the  rich  man  cried,  "  I  shall  never  know 
peace  until  I  find  the  God  that  hides  His  face 
from  me.     Show  me  that  God." 

And  the  voice  within  laughed  aloud  with  j  oy 
and  cried,  "  Behold  thy  God." 

And  the  rich  man  was  caught  again  by  the 
great  hand  but  this  time  he  was  held  and  shaken 
not. 

"  Behold  thy  God !  Behold  thy  God !  "  cried 
the  voice. 

^  But  no  one  saw  the  man  but  himself  out  of 
which  the  voice  sounded. 

"  No  one  see  I  but  myself,"  he  cried.    "And 
[26] 


THE     FIRST     MESSAGE 

well  I  know  now  that  I  am  a  poor  man  with- 
out power." 

Then  did  the  voice  laugh  aloud  in  exceeding 
gladness.    "  Behold  thou  thy  God." 

Then  did  the  rich  man  see  the  glory  of  the 
Risen  INIan  flow  like  a  light  into  that  body  that 
was  his,  and  he  saw  a  hand  stretch  forth  and 
set  him  over  and  above  the  city  of  his  idolatry. 
And  he  saw  that  a  world  of  storied  cities 
stretched  above  his  city,  and  within  those  cities 
were  treasures  and  heaped  treasures  that  shone 
bright  and  of  w^hich  he  had  no  knowledge. 

And  within  those  cities  walked  men  and 
women  and  httle  children  like  as  in  his  city, 
and  they  were  all  going  in  the  same  direction 
and  seemed  bound  upon  the  same  errand.  And 
as  he  watched  to  see  w^hereto  they  were  tending, 
behold,  the  farther  gate  of  the  city  opened,  and 
there  rode  into  the  city  a  man  on  a  white  horse 
that  raised  his  feet  as  if  proud  of  the  rider  he 
carried. 

Then  through  the  city  swept  a  wind,  a  wind 
that  winnowed,  but  no  man  nor  woman  nor 
child  of  all  that  walked  there  were  touched 
by  the  great  stirring. 

Then  did  the  rider  strike  the  mane  of  his 

[27] 


LIVING     WATERS 

white  horse  with  his  left  hand  and  there  came 
forth  out  of  the  nostrils  of  the  horse  a  breath 
that  was  more  powerful  than  the  mighty  wind, 
and  everyone  in  that  city  felt  the  breath  that 
went  out  of  the  white  horse,  and  each  one  held 
his  hands  before  his  face  as  one  holds  a  cup 
from  which  he  would  drink,  and  they  quaffed 
from  their  hands  as  if  they  drank. 

Then  did  the  rider  of  the  white  horse  smite 
the  horse  upon  his  thigh  and  he  sprang  forward 
and  the  rich  man  saw  him  no  more. 

And  the  city  above  his  city  faded  from  his 
view,  and  his  own  city  waxed  clearer,  and  he 
saw  all  men  and  women  and  children  tending 
in  different  directions,  all  bent  on  the  same 
errand. 

"  Where  go  they?  "  he  asked.  "And  why  go 
no  two  in  the  same  direction?  " 

And  the  voice  within  him  answered,  "  They 
seek  the  breath  of  life.  Ride  thou  thither. 
Mount  and  be  gone." 

And  the  rich  man  put  his  hand  on  his  breast 
and  smote  his  hip,  and  there  befell  a  strange 
life  and  peace  within  him,  so  that  he  moved 
with  exceeding  swiftness  into  the  city  of  his 
idoltary.  Then  came  he  in  the  place  where  men 
[28] 


THE     FIRST     MESSAGE 

buy  and  sell  on  paper,  and  he  began  to  speak 
to  them,  and  he  spoke  in  this  wise: 

"  I  have  come  from  a  far  city  where  I  saw 
a  rider  on  a  white  steed  that  breathed  forth 
the  breath  of  life  vou  seek.  Come  and  I  will 
take  you  thither." 

But  no  one  listened  to  him,  and  when  he 
would  have  caught  them  to  hold  them,  they 
broke  away  and  hurried  on  as  before.  But  the 
rich  man  felt  no  anger,  and  he  knew  only  the 
peace  and  life  within  him. 

"  The  time  is  not  yet  here,"  he  said.  *'  But 
I  am  here  and  Thou  art  come,  O  God.  I  am 
at  peace." 

And  he  went  out  from  the  marketplace  and 
bouii'ht  him  a  tiny  basket  into  which  he  poured 
the  seed  that  was  in  his  breast,  good  seed,  ripe 
for  planting,  early  ripening,  and  full  of 
promise  of  a  rich  harvest. 

"  I  shall  reap  what  I  sow.  I  shall  sow  only 
true  seed." 

And  even  as  he  spoke,  a  seed  fell  from  his 
basket  into  the  street  of  the  marketplace,  and  a 
wind  caught  it  up  and  carried  it  to  the  tower 
on  the  highest  building  of  all  the  high  build- 

[•29] 


LIVING     WATERS 

ings,  and  where  it  found  lodgement,  there  it 
took  root. 

No  place  in  all  that  city,  high  places  or  low 
and  hidden  places,  but  came  to  harbor  the  seed 
that  the  rich  man  carried  in  his  basket. 

"  Each  seed  is  winnowed  by  the  breath  of 
life,"  he  said.    "  There  is  no  chaff." 

Honorable  are  all  things  and  the  uses 
thereof. 

Until  man  learns  this,  he  separates  himself 
from  himself,  and  his  neighbor  from  himself. 

Man  is  the  vessel  into  which  God  pours  Him- 
self.   The  vessel  God  made  can  not  be  impure. 

Love  is  the  gate.  Close  it  not  with  imagin- 
ings of  evil. 

March  S,  1919,    Ash  Wednesday. 

On  the  morning  of  the  third  day  came  a  mes- 
senger into  the  city  where  the  Lord  Christ 
Jesus  lay  crucified. 

There  was  in  that  day  a  well  of  living  water 

in  that  city  unto  which  came  all  the  women  of 

the  place  to  draw,  and  they  stood  beside  the 

well  and  spoke  of  Him  who  had  been  crucified, 

[30] 


THE     FIRST     IMESSAGE 

and  some  said  there  would  come  a  great  plague 
upon  the  city  because  this  thing  had  been  done. 

And  as  they  lowered  their  jars  into  the 
water,  behold,  the  water  was  no  longer  pure 
and  colorless  but  thick  and  dark,  and  the  little 
children  who  had  come  thither  put  their  hands 
in  it  and  it  smelt  of  evil  things. 

Then  were  the  women  sore  afraid  and  they 
went  to  the  chief  magistrate  and  told  him  what 
had  happened  to  their  well  of  living  water,  and 
the  little  children  followed,  crying  because  they 
were  athirst. 

The  magistrate  knew  no  way  to  quiet  them, 
for  they  began  to  wail  and  beat  their  breasts 
and  cry  that  the  plague  was  already  upon  them, 
and  the  little  children  feared  when  they  heard 
their  mothers  crv. 

Then  out  of  the  crowd  came  a  man  in  white 
garments  like  one  who  has  but  risen  from  a 
feast,  and  he  had  a  branch  of  bay  in  his  hand 
and  on  his  brow  was  a  jewel  that  shone  as  the 
sun. 

And  he  said,  "  Seek  ye  living  water  ?  Follow 
me." 

He  spoke  as  one  who  knows,  and  he  led  the 
women  with  their  jars  back  to  the  well,  and  he 

[31] 


LIVING     WATERS 

put  off  the  garment  that  was  like  unto  the 
garment  of  one  who  feasts,  and  he  took  the 
branch  of  bay  in  his  right  hand  and  touched 
the  muddied  waters,  and  they  became  clear  and 
sweet  in  that  instant. 

Then  again  he  spake  and  said,  "  Seek  ye  liv- 
ing water?    Follow  me." 

But  those  who  now  saw  the  water  of  the  well 
run  pure  again,  answered,  "  This  water  lives. 
Why  seek  we  further?  " 

Then  once  again  he  spoke  and  said,  "  Seek 
ye  living  water  ?    Follow  me." 

And  he  put  on  the  garment  that  was  like 
unto  that  of  one  who  feasts  and  he  turned  and 
left  them.  And  who  he  was  or  where  he  went 
no  man  knew,  for  the  time  was  not  yet  come. 
But  she  who  had  come  to  bring  water  to  wash 
the  garments  of  him  who  had  been  crucified, 
she  knew.  But  she  spoke  not,  for  she  saw  that 
he  was  as  one  who  knows  what  is  yet  to  come 
to  him  and  what  must  yet  be  done. 

When  he  was  gone,  behold,  the  branch  of 
bay  was  in  her  hand,  and  the  bloody  garments 
that  she  drew  water  to  cleanse,  were  already 
purified  and  smelt  of  sweet  odors,  even  of  the 
spices  in  which  they  had  laid  Him  in  the  tomb. 
[32] 


THE     FIRST     MESSAGE 

And  she  fell  upon  her  knees  and  blessed  the 
day  and  gave  thanks. 

Peace  will  come  when  I  am  come.  Can 
peace  come  outside  the  hearts  of  men?  Can 
happiness  be  made  with  words  or  given  with 
a  sword?  Can  any  man  put  his  hand  at  his 
neighbor's  throat  and  keep  him  quiet?  Or 
tread  on  his  neighbor's  land  and  be  welcome? 
Is  there  any  good  thing  in  a  house  that  is  di- 
vided against  itself?  Is  not  even  the  meat  bit- 
ter in  the  mouths  of  the  hungry,  and  the  morn- 
ing dark  in  the  eye  of  the  beholder?  Is  there 
peace  in  the  counsels  of  men  wiio  devise  cun- 
ningly? Or  happiness  in  the  words  of  those 
who  plan  great  deeds  for  the  victorious  ? 

Let  no  man  deceive  himself  with  such  a 
peace.  Peace  cometh  in  the  hearts  of  those  wiio 
love  peace  because  they  desire  that  good  things 
should  come  unto  all  men  even  as  unto  them- 
selves. Peace  comes  in  a  heart  that  loves  and 
out  of  a  mind  that  knows  God. 

Peace  I  am  come  to  bring.  Peace  and  the 
joy  of  peace.  Know  ye  the  joy  of  peace?  It 
is  a  joy  that  all  men  seek  and  fear  to  lose  in 

[33] 


LIVING     WATERS 

finding  God.    Therefore,  they  never  know  joy 
nor  the  peace  of  joy  in  the  Lord. 
I  am  the  Lord.     Receive  thou  Me. 

March  6, 1919. 

Whatever  you  ask,  beheving  that  you  shall 
know,  you  will  know.  The  answer  will  come  in 
ways  that  you  expect  not,  but  you  will  always 
be  answered.  Nothing  is  impossible  that  the 
mind  of  man  can  conceive  of  as  being  possible. 
Never  put  aside  ideas  that  seem  contrary  to 
possibility.  Nothing  is  impossible.  Search  all 
ways.  The  hidden  is  but  hidden  to  be  found, 
for  in  the  search  for  hidden  things  men  find 
Me. 

What  is  the  reason  of  so  much  questioning? 
There  is  but  one  answer  to  all  questions.  Can 
a  man  find  truth  in  a  nutshell  and  close  the 
shell  tight  over  it  again  and  hide  it  in  the  earth  ? 
Will  it  not  sprout  and  spring  forth  and  become 
a  tree  of  life  ?  Even  now  am  I  sprouting  within 
you.  Do  you  not  feel  the  rising  of  sweet 
waters,  the  flooding  of  your  whole  being  with 

joy? 

Can  any  man  know  the  name  of  them  that 
[34] 


THE     FIRST     ]M  E  S  S  A  G  E 

see  no  evil,  or  who  hearken  not  to  the  words 
of  mortality?  Their  name  is  hidden  in  their 
souls  and  written  upon  the  tablets  of  the  spirit. 

Can  any  man  put  a  sword  into  his  vitals  and 
cut  himself  in  twain  and  be  made  whole?  To 
him  who  so  doeth  is  the  beginning  of  wisdom, 
yea,  and  of  peace,  and  of  joy,  and  the  overcom- 
ing of  death  itself. 

I  shall  speak  clearly  in  those  days  when  men 
are  striving  with  the  building  of  a  tabernacle 
wuth  blocks  that  are  true  stones  and  with  blocks 
that  are  rotten. 

Can  any  man  turn  himself  from  his  thoughts 
and  give  all  to  God?  All  men  are  blest  with 
divine  blindness  if  they  will  put  the  sword  in 
their  soul. 

Has  any  man  a  weight  that  he  drags  over 
other  dead  bodies?  Can  no  man  let  the  dead 
bury  their  dead  and  they  shall  stink  not?  Of 
what  avail  is  much  learning  and  little  turning, 
or  a  good  house  without  a  willing  servant  ? 

I  am  He  w^ho  hands  vou  the  sword.  Cut  and 
be  free.  Speak  the  word  that  I  shall  give  you. 
Utter  the  meaning  that  shall  free  you.  Must 
no  man  see  and  blame  not,  or  hear  and  judge 
not?    So  must  all  men  do.    Be  free. 

[35] 


LIVING     WATERS 

Speak  to  thy  Soul  in  this  wise : 

O  Soul,  I  command  you  to  receive  the  bless- 
ing of  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ  who  died  upon 
the  cross  to  set  you  free. 

Be  alive  with  eternal  life.  Receive  not  the 
words  of  death.  Hearken  not  to  the  ways  of 
earth. 

Unto  you  give  I  the  power  to  know  good 
from  evil,  and  to  choose  only  good,  only  Me. 

Now  and  forever  are  you  free,  and  the  body 
that  is  yours  is  free  and  filled  with  life  eternal. 

Joy,  joy,  joy  without  end  and  the  wisdom  of 
the  Almighty  be  thine. 

March  7, 1919. 

O  thou  little  child,  art  thou  always  asking? 
I  shall  always  answer.  I  know  no  joy  but  thy 
searching.    Search  ever. 

In  the  day  when  the  soul  shall  be  purged 
of  its  weight  of  dead  ideas,  there  shall  come 
upon  the  earth  a  time  of  much  tribulation,  for 
many  shall  die  in  that  day  for  they  have  fed 
upon  husks  and  they  have  nothing  to  feed  on 
when  the  husks  are  taken  away.  , 

But  before  that  day  comes,  shall  men  know, 
[36] 


THE     FIRST     MESSAGE 

here  and  there,  the  sweet  security  of  divine 
blindness  and  deafness.  Seeing  all,  they  shall 
be  as  one  who  sees  only  good ;  hearing  all,  they 
shall  be  as  one  who  hears  only  the  voice  of  God. 

The  way  is  simple.  The  way  is  easy.  Free 
thy  soul  from  the  idea  that  it  must  receive  evil. 
What  have  I  to  do  with  evil?  See  I  not  man 
as  he  is  and  as  he  appears,  and  judge  I  by  ap- 
pearances? 

No  man  can  cut  himself  free  from  this  world 
but  he  who  desires  his  God  above  all  things. 
If  a  man  w^ould  be  free,  he  must  give  all  to  Me, 
even  his  own  soul.  Can  I  harm  any  man? 
Why  fear  they  ?  They  fear  to  lose  that  which 
is  of  no  pleasure  to  them. 

I  know  the  hearts  of  men  how  they  hunger 
and  thirst.  My  love  would  fill  them.  I  give 
My  body  to  be  eaten.  My  blood  for  their  thirst. 
And  they  receive  INIe  not.  But  the  day  is  near 
when  all  men  shall  receive  JNIe,  for  they  shall  see 
Me. 

Watch  thou  ever.  Do  as  I  bid  thee.  Do  as 
I  move  thee.  Fear  nothing.  I  will  strengthen 
thy  arm  and  support  thy  feet.  Thy  body  shall 
be  free  and  thy  eyes  shall  see  hidden  things. 
Purify  thy  heart.    Free  thy  soul.    Give  all  to 

[37] 


LIVING     WATERS 

Me,  all,  even  the  ways  of  thy  brain  that  de- 
viseth  ways  and  thinks  to  find  My  meaning. 
My  meaning  is  in  thy  heart.  My  words  are 
in  thy  belly.  Words  of  light,  words  of  healing, 
words  of  freedom. 

My  words  are  two-edged,  destroying  on  the 
one  side  and  setting  free  on  the  other.  The 
dead  cut  from  the  living.  The  living  freed 
from  the  dead.  Can  a  soul  know  not  the  voice 
of  its  God?  Must  a  man  be  ever  in  bondage? 
For  is  it  not  bondage  to  watch  always  the  coin 
that  passeth  through  thy  hands  to  see  whether 
it  be  false  or  true?  The  day  is  here  when  the 
receiver  shall  know  the  coin  what  it  is,  and  cast 
it  into  the  fire.  O  rejoice.  My  beloved,  sing 
praises  unto  God.  The  joy  of  the  Lord  is  an 
exceeding  gladness. 

Seek  ye  the  Lord,  O  my  soul, 
Seek  ye  the  joy  of  the  Lord. 

Joyful  am  I,  O  my  God, 
And  exceeding  joyful. 
For  I  have  found  thee. 

Praise  ye  the  Lord,  O  my  soul, 
And  love  Him  utterly, 
[38] 


THE     FIRST     ^MESSAGE 

Full  of  praise  am  I,  O  God, 
And  filled  with  love, 
For  thou  dost  love  me. 

Give,  O  my  soul,  unto  all  men, 
And  love  them  utterly. 

Give  I  unto  all  men,  O  my  God, 
Even  as  I  give  unto  Thee, 
For  they  are  Thee. 

March  11,  1919. 

The  words  of  life  flow  into  all  men,  and  they 
perceive  it  not. 

If  you  would  heal,  be  of  a  quiet  mind  and 
have  perfect  faith.  This  you  have  known  but 
you  have  not  had  the  perfect  faith.  You  are 
gaining  it.  I  will  tell  you  that  no  man  can  say 
that  a  law  is  not  a  law  because  its  operation 
is  on  the  plane  of  the  unseen.  A  man  can  see 
no  law.  He  sees  only  its  operation.  Now  I 
will  unfold  unto  you  the  things  that  you  so 
ferventlv  desire  to  know,  and  that  I  have  been 
preparing  you  to  become  aware  of. 

There  is  no  matter  as  vou  understand  mat- 
ter.     There  is  no  space  as  vou  understand 

[39] 


LIVING     WATERS 

space.  There  is  no  time  as  you  understand 
time.  The  medium  of  communication  is  as 
free  for  the  transference  of  your  desires  as  the 
air  is  for  the  messages  called  wireless.  Every- 
thing external  has  its  inner  prototype. 

^Yliat  you  must  do  is  to  give  over  all  idea  of 
separateness.  All  is  one,  one  substance,  one 
energy,  one  dominant  idea,  the  idea  of  express- 
ing life  and  more  life  and  life  and  life  and  life. 
Infinitude  is  the  desire  of  the  spirit  and  be- 
comes the  desire  of  the  soul. 

Personality  is  the  great  stumbling  block. 
Personality  has  no  part  in  the  schemes  of  life 
—  not  as  you  think  of  personality.  God  ex- 
pressing through  individuals  is  true  personal- 
ity. The  other  is  only  appearances,  and  it  is 
these  appearances  that  so  cloud  and  hamper 
you.  The  true  substance  is  alike  in  all  men,  all 
nature,  all  spiritual  worlds;  and  it  is  the  one 
and  only  medium  for  the  working  of  the  power 
of  God. 

Seek  the  consciousness  of  vour  oneness  with 
God,  with  all  men,  with  all  life.  It,  this  com- 
municating substance,  is  more  responsive  to 
desire  than  you  can  conceive.  It  is  not  apart 
from  spirit.  Spirit  and  the  substance  are  one 
[40] 


THE     FIRST     MESSAGE 

and  inseparable.  Can  you  not  feel  the  stir  of 
life  through  your  body?  Faith  is  changing 
your  body  by  an  orderly  process  of  growth. 
This  growth  can  be  compressed  into  an  instant. 
This  is  the  instantaneous  healing. 

You  ask  why  all  healing  is  not  instantane- 
ous. All  healing  is,  in  spirit ;  but  the  body  does 
not  let  go  its  old  ideas,  and  spirit  must  wait  un- 
til the  lower  rises,  little  by  little,  to  the  higher. 

^^Hiat  one  man  desires,  all  desire :  happiness, 
strength,  peace  and  the  powxr  that  brings 
plenty.  If  you  ask  these  things  for  yourself, 
you  are  asking  them  for  all  men.  If  you  ask 
them  for  another  than  yourself,  you  are  asking 
them  for  yourself.  Do  you  not  see  how  simple 
it  is?  If  you  have  perfect  faith,  you  can  give 
perfect  faith,  and  then  w^hat  you  receive  be- 
comes another's,  because  the  communicating 
substance  is  tuned  to  the  reception  of  the  same 
ideas. 

Vibration  is  the  life  of  all  life.  Nothing  is 
still,  and  it  is  by  achieving  the  same  vibration 
that  w^e  communicate  and  receive.  Scientists 
are  beginning  to  know  this. 

It  is  difficult  to  partcularize.    Obev  all  die- 

[41] 


LIVING     ABATERS 

tales  of  the  spirit  as  to  what  to  do  and  how  to 
do  it. 

Joy  is  a  great  heahng  force.  It  is  a  quick 
penetrating  vibration.  Space  is  overcome  by 
vibrations  that  act  upon  the  periphery  of  the 
body.  I  mean  that  the  body  must  lose  its  sense 
of  boundaries  to  be  one  with  another  at  a  dis- 
tance. We  can  not  be  shut  within  a  body,  al- 
though the  body  is  precious,  exceedingly  pre- 
cious, as  an  instrument  of  perfect  adaptibility. 

It  is  all  so  simple  that  it  is  hard  to  explain. 
Everything  is  one :  spirit,  substance,  body.  Get 
that  in  your  mind  and  contemplate  it.  It  will 
reveal  its  secrets.  The  time  has  come  for  men 
to  do  naturally  what  they  have  considered 
miracles. 

No  one  has  the  power  to  shut  life  within  him- 
self. Life  will  express  itself.  The  conflict 
causes  pain  and  death  and  suffering  of  the 
mind. 

You  all  separate  everj^thing  from  every- 
thing. Everything  is  inseparable.  Can  there 
be  any  separation  between  your  brain  and  your 
hand,  your  foot  and  your  eye,  your  back  and 
your  front?  Yet  you  separate  yom^  body  into 
innumerable  divisions  and  each  division  sets 
[42] 


THE     FIRST     MESSAGE 

up  a  kingdom  of  its  own  and  wars  with  its 
neighbor.  All  this  is  as  easily  overcome  as  it  is 
thought  to  be  hard.  Command  your  body  to 
obey  the  high  and  only  power.  Deny  the 
body's  power  absolutely.  You  know  it  has  no 
power.  After  a  while  you  will  not  only  feel 
that  it  has  no  power  but  you  will  see  bodies 
as  they  are  in  reality,  the  bodies  made  by  the 
spirit  and  not  the  bodies  made  by  the  ideas  of 
the  senses. 

The  inner  senses,  the  inner  eye  and  ear,  the 
inner  feeling  nature,  are  so  beautifully  respon- 
sive, so  marvelous,  that  it  is  easy  to  deny  the 
bodily  senses.  You  never  lose  in  giving  up, 
remember  that.  Many  men  clutch  because 
they  fear  to  embrace  emptiness. 

The  seeing  of  the  unseen  is  not  given  to  all. 
But  all  who  desire  it  or  anything,  with  their 
whole  soul  in  the  faith  of  God  to  give  them 
Vv'hat  they  desire,  shall  receive. 

I  am  writing  plainly  because  you  can  now 
receive  a  plain,  direct  message  without  doubt- 
ing the  source. 

Fear  nothing.  Be  eager.  Be  ready.  Obey 
always. 

[43] 


LIVING     WATERS 

March  12,  1919. 

Put  on  the  garment  of  immortality.  Your 
body  is  an  instrument.  An  instrument  has  not 
life.  Put  on  life.  This  you  can  do  so  easily 
that  it  is  hard  to  tell  you  how  to  do  it.  The 
way  is  so  swiftly  come  at  by  those  who  desire 
to  do  the  will  of  God  with  their  whole  heart. 

The  body  is  no  body;  it  is  form,  shape,  a 
manifestation.  Do  not  think  of  it  as  matter. 
Try  thinking  of  it  as  a  form  devised  to  hold 
spirit  in  its  highest  potential.  The  body  is  a 
perfect  form,  a  perfect  instrument.  Through 
it  God  sees  Himself  master  over  everything 
that  is  created.  Man  commands  that  God  may 
realize  the  infinitude  of  His  creations.  Man 
knows  the  little  and  the  great.  Through  man, 
God  knows  the  little,  and  He  must  know  all. 

What  I  am  telling  you  is  the  secret  of  the 
communicating  substance.  There  is  no  division 
anywhere.  There  are  different  forms  all  made 
of  the  same  substance.  Can  two  vases  of  the 
same  porcelain  become  one  vase?  They  could 
if  they  were  put  back  in  the  furnace  and  fused 
together.  Now  all  forms  are  fused  in  the  fur- 
nace all  the  time.  Life  can  move  from  one 
[44] 


THE     FIRST     ^MESSAGE 

form  to  another,  or,  rather,  it  is  in  all  forms 
all  the  time,  the  same  life.  You  see,  you  feel 
division.  I  do  not,  so  it  is  hard  to  find  the  best 
terms  in  which  to  speak  to  you.  Get  rid  of  all 
idea  that  men  have  anij  i:)ower  but  the  power  of 
God.  AMiether  thev  believe  in  God  or  do  not 
believe,  they  move  and  have  their  being  only 
by  the  power  of  God. 

'\Miy  do  you  not  try  to  feel  the  reality  of  the 
oneness  that  you  are  asking  about?  Feel  and 
feel.  You  will  begin  to  understand.  Oneness 
is  feeling.  Bodily  unions  are  the  symbol  of 
spiritual  oneness.  Feel  your  oneness  with 
evervone  vou  see,  with  the  air,  w^ith  animals, 
and,  most  of  all,  with  yourself.  You  are  cut 
up  into  too  many  divisions.  Even  your  heart 
and  your  mind,  the  two  great  forces,  are  one. 

I  hope  to  find  that  you  can  place  yourself 
entirely  in  the  hands  of  God.  You  may  reason, 
if  it  helps  you,  but  you  will  learn  things  out- 
side your  reasoning  powers.  INIan  reasons 
after  events.  He  thinks  he  has  brought  them 
to  pass  by  reasoning.  Everything  is  already 
finished. 

If  you  would  be  of  a  great  helpfulness,  be 
of  a  great  peacefulness  and  a  great  desire.    De- 

[45] 


LIVING     WATERS 

sire  works  through  a  quiet  soul.  Men  are  mas- 
ters of  the  world.  The  earth,  and  all  that  in 
it  is,  is  as  plastic  to  man's  desire  as  water  to  a 
stone  thrown  into  it.  Try  conmianding  after 
you  feel  the  oneness  of  all  things.  You  must  be 
freed  from  the  idea  of  conditions.  Conditions 
are  as  unreal  as  they  seem  real.  Feel  ever  the 
nearness  of  God  with  yourself.  Can  God  be 
balked  by  the  power  of  anything?  There  is  no 
power  but  the  power  of  God? 

Your  flesh  is  fluid.  I  say  fluid  to  make  you 
feel  its  responsiveness. 

Why  do  you  ask  that  which  you  know  ?  God 
is  ever  \\dth  you.  His  presence  is  in  you,  in 
your  bodily  form,  or  there  could  be  no  form. 
It  is  in  the  air  you  breathe,  even  in  the  chair 
you  sit  on.  All  forms  are  held  together  by  the 
will  of  God.  The  inner  presence  of  God  is  the 
spirit  that  gives  form  to  you.  The  inner  pres- 
ence is  the  servant  of  God.  It  is  the  real  you. 
The  only  living  you.  You  can  not  know  how 
much  the  inner  presence  and  God,  the  only 
power,  are  fused  together.  This  fusion  is  the 
love  you  feel  in  your  being.  When  you  realize 
it  more,  you  will  be  overcome  with  joy. 

There  is  no  way  to  get  apart  from  this  your- 
[46] 


THE     FIRST     ]\r  i:  S  S  A  G  E 

self,  and,  therefore,  no  way  to  get  apart  from 
God.  You  and  God  are  one,  yet  God  is  greater 
than  you,  but  only  because  you  have  not  yet 
fully  realized  God.  Let  your  soul  open.  Your 
soul  is  the  handmaiden  of  this  inner  presence, 
and  the  inner  presence  is  the  servant  of  God. 
Yet  all  is  one. 

Be  of  a  strong  desire.  Desire  is  the  life  of 
the  spirit.  A  calm  mind  and  a  fervent  heart. 
Joy  to  you  ever.    Be  eager  always. 

March  13,  1919. 

The  way  is  easier  than  you  thought.  Do 
you  not  see  that  it  is  ?  It  is  already  found,  al- 
ready cleared.  Your  soul  is  already  free.  Ac- 
cept Me.  I  did  not  come  to  free  Myself,  but 
to  free  you.  I  was  free  from  the  beginning. 
Can  spirit  be  bound? 

Open  your  soul.  Let  Me  fill  it.  "WTiat  I  am, 
you  shall  be.  Nay,  you  are.  Open  to  the 
words  that  I  shall  give  you. 

You  have  nothing  to  do.  I  have  already 
done  it.  Do  you  not  see  that  faith  is  all  you 
need?  Have  faith  that  I  have  overcome  the 
world,  then  have  vou  overcome  the  world.    You 

[47] 


LIVING     WATERS 

have  known  this,  but  now  it  comes  as  a  new 
word  to  you.  It  comes  as  your  revelation. 
Each  man  gets  the  same  answer  through  his 
own  channel. 

Have  faith  in  Me.  Then  do  I  become  one 
with  you,  and  all  that  is  Mine  is  yours. 

I  saw  not  appearances  except  to  lead  me  to 
the  truth  back  of  the  appearances.  Can  I  not 
blind  you  to  all  but  the  sight  of  God?  Be  as 
soft  to  Me  as  unto  love.    I  am  Love. 

Be  of  a  constant  mind.  See  clearly  the  way 
of  life.  How  glad  are  the  Heavens  that  My 
day  of  acceptance  is  near. 

Present  yourself  unto  Me  as  unto  a  loving 
bridegroom.  We  are  one.  When  you  realize 
this  oneness  with  Me,  you  will  realize  it  with 
all  life.    I  will  teach  you  all  things. 

Hitherto,  you  have  turned  to  the  Christ  in 
you.  Turn  to  the  Christ  in  Me  that  you  may 
receive  My  Christ,  the  Christ  of  God,  in  you. 
This  is  a  mystery  that  you  will  understand 
when  you  have  accepted  it.  There  is  no  separa- 
tion. Your  Christ  and  My  Christ  are  one,  but 
My  Christ  is  still  the  Christ  that  can  give  to 
your  Christ ;  we  are  one,  in  that  what  one  gains 
is  the  gain  of  all,  and  what  one  suffers  is  the 
[48] 


THE     FIRST     MESSAGE 

suffering  of  all.  But  we  are  still  each  himself, 
a  soul  in  the  sight  of  God,  known  to  Ilini,  each 
turning  and  ascending  to  Him.  All  leaves  of 
the  same  tree;  all  drops  of  the  same  water  of 
life. 

I  give  Myself  to  you,  yet  I  in  no  wise  cease 
to  be  Myself.  Xor  do  you  lose  yourself  in  re- 
ceiving jNIe.  Love  does  not  beggar  a  man 
either  in  the  giving  or  receiving  of  it. 

Can  you  hope  to  be  as  joyous  in  ]Me  as  I 
am  in  My  God  ?  You  are  in  your  God  when  I 
am  in  you.    Unity  is  multiplicity  in  God. 

March  U,  1919. 

Back  of  all  you  hear  is  the  true  life.  Listen 
with  the  intent  ear  of  the  innermost.  Sounds 
are  ripples  in  the  air.  Hearing  v/ith  the  inner 
ear  makes  waves  in  the  spirit.  Open  com- 
pletely to  the  inner  life.  It  will  in  no  wise  cut 
you  off  from  human  life.  The  outside  and  the 
inside  are  one.  Separate  no  things  one  from 
another. 

"Why  are  you  asking?  You  have  nothing  to 
ask.     Eat  the  words  that  I  have  given  you. 

[49] 


LIVING     WATERS 

When  you  have  eaten  them,  I  will  give  you 
another  feast.  Be  wise  ever.  My  wisdom  is 
yom^s. 

There  is  no  question  that  I  will  not  answer, 
but  do  not  search  for  questions  to  ask.  AVhen 
they  ask  themselves  in  you,  then  ask  Me.  You 
are  like  little  children  who  go  to  school  and  de- 
sire to  know  all  at  once.  You  are  like  little 
birds  that  pluck  a  seed  here  and  one  in  another 
spot,  and  drop  the  first  to  pick  up  the  second. 
But  the  first  will  sprout  where  you  dropped  it. 

I  love  you.  Live  in  My  love  until  you  speak 
and  listen  and  move  only  because  My  love 
moves  in  you.  Be  not  afraid  of  love.  Why  are 
men  afraid  of  love  ?  They  are  afraid  that  they 
will  be  called  upon  for  sacrifices  and  suffering. 
Is  not  suffering  joyous  if  we  suffer  for  those 
we  love?  But  love  is  not  suffering.  Love  is 
joy.  The  time  has  come  that  the  earth  shall 
know  this.  Love  is  an  exceeding  joy  and  the 
light  of  the  world.  'Why  do  you  not  love  com- 
pletely all  the  world?  You  will.  Be  of  an 
open  soul.  I  will  fill  your  soul  with  My  love 
for  the  world. 

I  shall  speak  to  you  of  the  soul  in  a  little 
while.  Now  you  have  need  only  of  the  feeling 
[50] 


THE     FIRST     INI  K  S  S  A  G  E 

of  My  presence.    Touch  JNIe  constantly.    Joy 
and  peace  and  eternal  life  be  thine. 

3Iarch  24,  1919. 

The  wav  to  life  is  throuo^h  vour  heart.  Seek 
it  ever.  You  do  not  need  to  know  what  I  would 
say  before  I  say  it.  You  do  not  need  to  know 
what  I  would  do  before  I  do  it.  You  have  no 
power  to  keep  Me  out,  but  I  have  all  jDower 
to  enter. 

Xow,  on  this  day,  is  confusion  in  your  heart 
and  a  pull  that  drags  you  from  Me.  Why  are 
you  disturbed  ?  Must  a  man  carry  his  life  as  a 
weight  ?  Life  should  carry  him  as  a  bird  carries 
its  wings.  How  can  you  be  troubled  when  I 
am  ever  beside  you  w^aiting  to  do  your  bid- 
ding? But  you  bid  Me  not.  Day  after  day  I 
stand  knocking  but  you  call  Me  not  to  enter. 
You  call  ^le  not  in,  there  where  I  already  am. 
Can  you  understand  that?  I  am  beside  you,  in 
you.  Outside  you,  inside  you.  Yet  you  know 
not  that  I  am  inside  you  until  you  call  to  INIe  as 
one  outside  you.  You  separate  Me  from  ^ly- 
self,  and  you  cut  you  from  youi^self.      Have 

[51] 


LIVING     WATERS 

3^ou  any  power  that  is  not  from  Me,  or  any  joy 
that  is  not  Mine? 

Why  trouble  you  about  those  things  that  run 
their  course  and  are  as  if  they  had  never  been? 
Why  hurt  jou  your  soul  with  little  fears  that 
prick  and  bleed  not?  Blood  is  a  purifying 
stream,  but  little  pricks  that  bleed  not  are  as 
sores  that  fester.  Be  of  a  clear  mind  to  Me. 
You  trouble  yourself  with  ways.  Mine  are  the 
ways.  You  tread  My  ways.  Have  you  a  little 
prick  that  stabs  and  stabs  ?  Push  it  deep  until 
it  cuts  your  heart,  and  you  will  find  Me  there, 
My  hand  healing  you.  Can  I  heal  little  pricks 
that  touch  no  depth?  I  can  heal  all  pricks,  all 
wounds.  But  you  turn  not  to  Me  with  little 
pricks.  Turn  to  Me  and  we  shall  smile  to- 
gether as  over  the  hurt  of  a  child  who  nurses  a 
cut  that  is  already  gone  and  which  he  seeks  to 
find  again. 

Be  not  overcome  by  little  things.  You  are 
Mine  and  I  am  yours.  Can  you  find  peace  in 
little  things?  Or  joy?  Or  the  hope  of  your 
heart?  Your  heart  is  Mine.  Open  it  to  Me. 
Let  Me  beat  love  through  it.  Let  no  man  say, 
"  This  heart  is  my  heart."  All  hearts  are  Mine. 
Blessings  and  a  joyous  soul  abide  with  you. 

[52] 


THE     FIRST     MESSAGE 

Reprove  no  man,  nor  expect  the  end  before 
the  beginning.  Patience  bears  fruit  in  good 
season.    Rejoice  ever. 

Up  and  up  and  up  we  go.  Can  you  feel  the 
height  of  the  reaches  of  space?  Can  you  leave 
the  earth  behind  you  as  a  garment?  Into  the 
eve  of  the  sun.    Into  the  caves  of  the  air. 

Up  and  up  and  up  we  go.  Ever  the  way  is 
up.  ^\niy  is  the  way  ever  up?  Can  there  be 
up  or  down  or  either  side  where  there  is  no 
space,  no  distance?  How  can  I  know  where 
you  are  if  you  are  not  somewhere  ?  How  can  I 
be  alive  if  you  are  not  alive?  I  am  you,  you 
are  ]Me. 

I  am  trying  to  tell  you  in  words  of  feelings 
that  are  bigger  than  words.  Up  and  up  and 
up  we  go.  Beyond  the  sun,  beyond  the  stars  — 
yet  we  have  not  left  your  heart.  All  creation 
is  in  your  heart.  All  life  is  in  each  man.  O 
open,  ]My  children,  receive.  Be  flooded  with 
the  light  that  blinds  and  brings  forth. 

Up  and  up  and  up  we  go  into  the  clear 
reaches  that  were  before  the  beginning.  Up 
and  up  and  up  into  the  feeling  that  is  pure  life. 
Draw  that  clear  joy  into  your  soul.    Breathe 

[53] 


it.  Love  it.  Rejoice  in  it.  Joy  that  laughs. 
Joy  that  leaves  the  earth.  Joy  that  creates  and 
knows  no  barriers. 

Open.  Rejoice.  Accept.  Love  and  give 
ever. 

March  26,  1919. 

Whether  I  come  one  way  or  another  way, 
why  trouble  you?  That  I  will  always  come  is 
all  you  need  to  know. 

Must  I  never  lose  you,  the  outer  you  that 
wants  so  many  little  things?  Give  Me  the  little 
things.  I  will  fill  them  with  life.  They  shall 
bless  you.  Those  things  will  bless  you  that 
now  smart  and  prick. 

Why  are  you  disturbed?  You  do  not  come 
to  Me  with  your  heart  open  wide.  Your  brain 
is  weaving  a  web  of  plans.  Your  eyes  are 
turned  from  Me. 

I  love  you.  Do  you  not  feel  My  love?  My 
love  purifies  your  heart.  Your  eagerness  is  My 
joy.  Your  impatience  is  that  which  holds  Me 
from  you.  Be  eager  but  be  sure.  Be  patient 
and  forget  not  that  My  ways  are  certain  and 
hidden.  Do  I  shout  on  the  house-tops?  Do  I 
[54] 


THE     FIRST     :M  E  S  S  A  G  E 

stop  men  in  the  streets?     I  move  through  all 
men  and  I  speak  in  everything  that  is. 
Love  jNIe.    I  love  you.    Love  Me. 

March  27,  1919. 
'\^^lv  do  vou  hesitate?    AMiv  do  vou  remain 

«.  ar  ft-  ^ 

shut  in  your  body?  Give  up.  Open.  Be 
filled.  I  am  lighter  than  light,  lighter  than 
air,  purer  than  water.  There  is  no  harm  in  Me. 
Trust  ]\le.  AMien  you  shall  know  jNIe  what  I 
am,  your  joy  will  make  you  speechless,  your 
peace  will  fill  you  with  trembling. 

Then  shall  we  rise  into  the  kingdom.  Into 
that  which  is  here,  there,  evervwhere,  in  vou,  in 
!Me,  in  all  men,  in  all  life.  For  it  is  life.  Do 
you  know  what  life  is?  Life  is  a  joy  beyond 
words.  Words  are  the  feelings  born  of  life,  but 
life  itself  is  beyond  words.  Life  is  a  joy  inex- 
pressible.   Life  is  God. 

See  to  it  that  you  live  ever.  Be  alive  every 
moment.    Life  is  the  one  power.    Love  it. 

Light  and  joy  and  peace  and  wisdom  shall  be 
yours.  Happiness  and  understanding.  Peace 
and  plenty.  Let  you  yourself  be  lifted  unto 
Me.    Come  above  the  things  of  earth,  then  shall 

[55] 


LIVING     WATERS 

you  return  and  enter  into  them  with  life.  Joy. 
Joy.  Joy.  O  great  is  the  delight  of  the  Cre- 
ator in  the  works  of  His  hands!  O  the  joy 
of  life !  The  heat  of  creation !  The  wonder- 
ful beginning  of  the  work  that  is  finished! 

Now  in  that  day  will  I  come  in  the  glory  of 
My  Risen  Self.  What  I  have  desired  is  Mine. 
My  sheep  are  in  My  fold.  My  hand  is  on  their 
heads.  Their  hearts  beat  with  My  heart.  My 
love  is  answered  with  their  love.  Can  you  feel 
My  heart  bleeding  for  you  and  not  accept  My 
love?  I  know  you  receive  Me.  I  love  you. 
You  love  Me.  We  are  one.  Rejoice.  I  de- 
light in  your  love. 

April  3, 1919. 

When  the  day  shall  come  that  I  come,  then 
will  I  tell  you  many  things.  I  am  with  you 
now.  I  feel  your  need  of  Me.  I  hear  you 
calling  Me.  Why  do  you  feel  sometimes  that 
I  have  gone  apart  from  you?  I  am  always 
close,  closer  than  anything  that  you  can 
imagine. 

You  try  to  place  yourself  jn  a  receptive 
frame  of  mind.  Try  not.  Open.  I  will  flow 
[56] 


THE     FIRST     IVIESSAGE 

in.  Men  have  methods,  but  I  know  the  way. 
jNIethods  serve  to  let  Me  in,  but  such  opening 
is  not  the  easy  way.  Love  Me.  Desire  Me. 
Then  will  you  open  to  ]Me. 

Keep  a  stout  heart.  Things  will  seem  im- 
possible at  those  moments  when  you  think  I  am 
not  near.    I  am  always  near. 

The  body  is  My  beloved.  Can  you  realize 
that?  It  is  the  instrument  through  which  I 
manifest  most  perfectly.  It  is  the  outermost  of 
the  innermost.  The  end  of  the  beginning.  It 
seems  all  resistance  to  you.  It  is  only  seeming. 
It  is  incredibly  open  to  Me.  The  Spirit  can 
fill  the  body  as  a  vessel  is  filled  with  water. 
Your  body  is  your  thought.  Your  thought  can 
be  only  Me;  then  am  I  your  body.  You  eat 
and  drink  Me. 

Seeming  is  your  mill-stone.  Be  open  to  that 
which  is.  There  is  no  seeming  with  God.  His 
thought  immediately  becomes.  If  you  open 
your  body  to  Me,  your  thought,  which  is  My 
thought,  immediately  becomes. 

Think  of  Me  ever.  Your  faith  in  Me  will 
be  the  undercurrent  of  all  that  vou  do.  Turn 
to  Me  in  silent  love  when  vou  need  Me.  You 
will  often  need  Me.    Commune  with  ]Me  until 

[57] 


LIVING     WATERS 

you  are  satisfied.  When  peace  and  joy  fill 
your  heart  and  abide  with  you,  go  forth  again. 
A  quiet  soul  in  a  world  of  busyness  works 
miracles. 

Be  joyful.  Be  eager.  Be  alive  ever.  No 
depressions,  no  uncertainty.  The  law  is  un- 
breakable. Turn  ever.  Then  shall  you  re- 
ceive.   Turn  and  be  filled.    I  bless  you. 

April  4, 1919. 

Be  of  a  pure  heart.  Abide  with  Me  until 
you  are  at  peace.  Hasten  never.  Time  ex- 
pands to  meet  your  needs.  Purify  thy  soul. 
Accept  no  intimations  of  distress.  Be  joyful 
ever.  Commune  with  Me  until  I  quicken  you. 
Be  prepared  to  wait  upon  the  Lord.  He  who 
waits  upon  the  Lord  shall  renew  his  strength. 

When  have  you  ever  called  that  I  have  not 
come?  Prepare  the  way  for  My  coming. 
Shorten  the  time  of  My  removal.  Welcome 
Me  with  gladness. 

Receive  Me  as  you  receive  water  to  drink  or 
food  to  eat.  Be  filled.  I  will  speak  and  move 
in  you.  You  will  become  literally  one  with  Me. 
[58] 


THE     FIRST     MESSAGE 

'Why  do  you  hold  back?    Why  do  you  not  re- 
ceive Me  always? 

You  ask  for  miracles.  ^liracles  come  with 
My  coming,  with  your  oneness  with  Me.  If  I 
am  one  w^ith  you  shall  there  not  be  miracles? 
And  what  are  miracles  ?  Miracles  are  the  ways 
of  God  unhampered  by  your  ideas.  Seek  God 
ever,  then  shall  all  other  things  be  added  unto 
you.  Seek  ye  a  sign?  Seek  Me.  I  am  the  sign 
and  the  fulfilhnent.  Messages  of  peace  I  bring 
you.  Messages  of  joy.  Rise  into  the  pure  air 
of  iMy  love.    Rejoice  ever. 

^Vliy  are  you  dissatisfied?  "WTiy?  Ask.  I 
will  answer.  But  a  good  servant  serves  long 
and  patiently.  AMien  you  have  earned  your 
wages,  you  shall  receive.  Wait  on  the  Lord; 
He  will  quicken  you. 

Pardon  all  men.  Consider  not  the  ways  of 
their  flesh.    They  are  Mine. 

On  a  certain  day  in  Judea,  there  came  a 
woman  unto  Joseph,  the  father  of  Jesus,  and 
she  asked  him  to  send  his  son  to  build  her  a 
shed  to  shelter  her  cattle.  And  she  took  from 
her  garments  money  wherewith  to  pay  him. 

'[59] 


LIVING     WATERS 

Now  Joseph  knew  that  his  son  Jesus  was 
gone  upon  one  of  those  journeys  into  wild 
places  where  he  went  when  the  Spirit  came 
upon  him  and  he  must  know,  by  himself,  those 
things  that  were  being  given  unto  him. 

But  the  woman  would  not  take  no  for  an 
answer.  It  was  Jesus  who  must  build  her  that 
shed  to  shelter  her  cattle.  So  Joseph,  who  was 
a  gentle  man  and  one  not  expert  in  persuading 
women  against  their  desires,  called  Mary,  the 
mother  of  Jesus,  to  come  thither.  And  when 
Mary  saw  the  woman,  she  turned  to  Joseph  and 
said,  "  Take  this  woman's  money.  I  will  tell 
our  son  to  come  home." 

Now  Joseph  knew  that  Mary  knew  ways 
that  he  knew  not,  so  he  took  the  money  and 
promised  the  woman  that  on  the  morrow,  at 
daybreak,  Jesus,  his  son,  would  come  to  build 
her  the  shed  for  her  cattle. 

So,  on  the  morrow  at  daybreak,  she  arose  and 
made  a  mess  of  pottage  and  herded  her  cattle 
into  stalls  that  had  been  made  in  days  that  were 
old  when  Jesus  was  yet  unborn. 

At  a  little  after  the  hour  when  birds  first 
call,  the  son  of  Joseph  and  Mary  came  into  the 
[60] 


THE     FIRST     MESSAGE 

house  of  the  woman.    The  dew  was  in  his  hair 
and  his  eyes  were  bright  with  much  watching. 

"  I  have  come,"  he  said.  "  What  wouldst 
thou?" 

"  My  cattle  are  in  need  of  new  shelter,"  an- 
swered the  woman.  "And  thou  art  a  younger 
man  than  Joseph  and  quick  and  strong.  The 
sheds  are  large  and  the  winter  is  not  far  off." 

But  Jesus  made  no  motions  as  of  one  who 
prepares  to  begin  the  work  of  a  day.  Instead, 
he  turned  his  back  upon  the  woman  and  loosed 
the  tools  from  his  neck  and  tightened  his  gar- 
ment about  his  waist. 

"  My  cattle  are  unfed.  How  can  I  build 
sheds  for  yours?"  And  he  gave  the  woman 
the  money  that  Joseph  had  received  from  her. 

And  from  that  day,  Mary,  his  mother,  called 
him  not  to  come  home  when  he  went  forth  in 
the  wild  places  to  be  alone  with  the  Spirit.  She 
loved  him  and  did  his  will,  for  her  son  was  a 
stranger  to  her  whom  she  loved  as  her  own 
son. 

Blessed  are  the  mothers  of  men  who  give 
their  sons  unto  the  Spirit. 

The  day  was  bright.     The  sun  hung  high. 

[61] 


LIVING     WATERS 

Birds  sang  and  cattle  stood  in  the  streams  by 
Zebulon.  It  was  a  day  when  all  good  Jews 
turned  their  houses  open  to  the  sun  and  air, 
and  the  light  of  day  streamed  through  the  little 
houses  on  the  hills. 

But  one  house  opened  not  its  doors  and  the 
sun  beat  on  closed  windows.  For  in  that  house 
lay  a  father  dead  and  the  mother  lay  beside 
his  cold  body  and  was  in  sore  pain  for  she  was 
in  childbirth. 

Then  down  the  street  of  the  town  came  the 
son  of  Joseph  who  was  called  Jesus,  and  when 
he  saw  the  darkened  house  he  lifted  up  his 
hands  and  called  on  God  his  Father,  and  he 
lifted  the  latch  of  that  house  and  entered. 

And  when  the  woman  saw  him  she  cried  out 
that  no  man  must  enter  there,  but  Jesus  heeded 
her  not.  He  took  the  hand  of  the  dead  man 
and  blessed  him  and  called  on  God  his  Father 
to  restore  the  man  unto  life.  And  he  trembled 
in  all  his  being  for  he  had  never  before  asked 
life  for  death  of  God  his  Father. 

Then  when  he  saw  the  dead  man  tremble 
with  his  trembling,  and  open  his  eyes,  and  lift 
his  hand  and  strive  to  touch  the  woman  who  lay 
[62] 


THE     FIRST      MESSAGE 

beside  him,  Jesus  could  l)car  no  more,  for  joy 
and  wonder  filled  his  soul. 

But  the  door  of  that  house  was  wide  open 
to  the  sun  when  he  left  it. 

And  he  returned  unto  his  home  and  told  no 
one,  for  he  loved  his  God  beyond  telling. 

Can  you  enter  into  the  life  of  a  bird  and 
know  why  it  sings?  Can  you  be  one  with  a 
flower  and  feel  the  sun  and  the  rain  on  its 
petals  ?  Can  you  hide  from  your  pursuer  as  a 
wild  beast  in  the  cave  that  is  your  home  ?  Can 
you  know  the  depths  of  the  water  as  a  fish 
know^s  the  crevices  that  are  its  breeding  places  ? 
Can  you  lift  the  leaves  of  the  trees  with  the 
wind,  or  blow  the  dust  into  clouds  and  scatter 
them  with  a  shout  ? 

Rejoice.  I  can  do  all  these  things.  So  shall 
you.  Nothing  shall  be  unknown.  You  shall 
hnow.  Knowing  is  feeling.  It  is  before 
thought.    It  is  being.    Rejoice. 

A  wonder  in  the  heavens.  A  sign  in  the 
skies.  Watch.  A  light  above  the  sun.  A  star 
that  falls.     Watch.     A  little  darkness  and  a 

[63] 


LIVING     WATERS 

great  light.     Watch.     Come  when  I  come. 
Watch. 

A  temple  not  made  with  hands.  An  altar 
where  the  sacrifice  has  been  made.  A  taber- 
nacle where  the  only  host  is  Jesus  Christ. 

I  stir  and  stir.  Wings  would  lift  you.  I 
would  be  free. 

Faith  has  no  strength  that  is  not  of  Me. 
Men  work  strange  things  not  of  Me,  but  they 
abide  not.    The  pure  heart  sees  God. 

I  stand  at  every  man's  elbow.  When  he 
turns,  I  enter. 

jipril  5, 1919. 

There  came  a  man  into  heaven  and  he  was 
blind.  His  eyes  were  open  but  he  saw  not,  and 
of  the  things  that  he  heard,  he  said  unto  him- 
self, "  This  is  a  new  language.  I  must  learn 
it  of  these  people  whom  I  see  not  but  hear  so 
plainly." 

So  he  sat,  day  after  day,  and  he  asked  ques- 
[64] 


THE     FIRST     MESSAGE 

tions  in  his  own  tongue  and  received  answers 
in  his  own  tongue  —  as  it  seemed  to  him.  Then, 
one  day,  as  he  sat  hstening,  he  strove  to  speak 
in  the  language  of  those  whom  he  saw  not,  but 
he  could  not  find  words  to  express  what  he  felt, 
for  the  feeling  that  lay  behind  those  words  was 
strange  to  him  and  he  knew  no  words  in  his 
own  language  to  express  it. 

So  it  came  to  pass  that,  as  he  sought,  a  little 
tongue,  like  a  httle  flame  that  burns  not,  sat 
upon  his  lips  and  he  spoke  words  that  expressed 
his  feeling,  but  he  could  not  tell  what  they  were 
for  they  were  soundless. 

O  My  child,  be  of  a  patient  desire.  Again  I 
speak. 

A\Tien  a  little  child  enters  heaven,  he  sees. 
Xo  good  thing  is  strange  to  a  little  child.  He 
hears  and  sees.  His  heart  is  pure.  Be  ye  little 
children. 

'April  7, 1919. 

WTienever  you  are  troubled,  turn  to  Me.  If 
you  do  not  feel  Me  near,  continue  to  turn. 

[65] 


LIVING     WATERS 

There  is  no  denial  but  the  denial  of  any  other 
power  than  My  power.  You  do  not  need  to 
deny  the  power  of  each  little  thing.  This  prac- 
tice often  leads  you  far  from  Me  for  you  be- 
come lost  in  a  maze  of  little  things,  each  one 
leading  to  another,  and  none  seeming  to  lead 
back  to  Me. 

I  would  rejoice  over  your  triumph.  Love  is 
the  great  resolvent.  No  other  quality  can  do 
what  love  can  on  the  plane  of  spirit.  You  try 
to  love.  It  is  hard  to  try  to  love,  but  the  desire 
back  of  the  effort  counts.  It  would  be  easier 
to  give  over  to  Me  your  desire  to  love  and  let 
Me  do  the  loving  through  you  until  you  are 
ready  to  love,  yourself,  consciously. 

Those  whom  you  are  trying  to  love  are  very 
conscious  of  the  effort  and  resent  it.  They  feel 
that  you,  in  your  effort,  are  setting  yourself 
higher  than  they  are  on  the  moral  plane.  For- 
get the  moral  plane.  That  is  the  plane  of  ef- 
fort. Be  loving  from  the  heart  not  from  the 
head.  Feeling  is  the  beginning  of  everything 
that  endures. 

May  our  Father  bless  you. 

There  was  a  man  who  lived  on  a  hill-top. 

[66] 


THE    i^ikSi^    MESSAGE 

^N'ow  a  hill-top  is  not  easy  to  reach  and  whetl 
he  had  gotten  there,  there  he  wanted  to  stay. 
lie  was  afraid  that  if  lie  came  down,  he  could 
not  get  up  again. 

So  there  he  stayed  fearing  to  come  down, 
and  nothing  happened  on  the  hill-top  for  his 
work  needed  the  mist  of  the  valley  to  hring  it 
to  fruition.  Yet  he  staved  and  waited  and 
grew  anxious  and  would  not  be  satisfied. 

In  the  valley  was  another  who  yearned  to  be 
on  the  same  hill-top,  but  the  path  upward  was 
hidden  and  the  way  w^as  steep.  Yet  this  other 
tried  to  find  it  and  would  not  be  satisfied. 

^Miy  sought  they  that  which  could  not  be 
found?  Or  feared  to  lose  what  could  not  be 
lost? 

The  valley  lies  at  the  feet  of  the  mountain 
so  that  the  mountain  mav  know  that  it  is  a 
mountain,  and  the  mountain  towers  so  that  the 
valley  may  know  its  own  depth.  Each  has  its 
own.  Each  is  itself.  Yet  neither  could  be 
itself  without  the  other. 

The  mist  shall  rise  from  the  valley  and 
shroud  the  top  of  the  mountain,  and  he  who 
works  there  shall  work  in  cool  peace.  And  the 
other  in  the  valley  shall  know  that  the  mist 

[67] 


LIVING     WATERS 

from  the  valley  has  risen  and  is  bringing  the 
work  on  the  hill-top  to  fruition. 

When  he  returns  into  the  valley,  he  shall  be 
satisfied. 

I  am  leading  you.  We  walk  in  silence. 
Silence  means  nearness  as  well  as  speech  means 
nearness.  You  must  learn  to  listen  with  all 
your  being.  Your  feet  shall  listen  and  follow 
Me,  and  your  heart  shall  rejoice  at  My  touch. 
Your  brain  shall  know  that  I  am  Master,  and 
the  hands  shall  fall  softly  on  wounds  that  ache. 

Peace  and  rest  be  unto  you.  Receive  Me  in 
peace. 

'April  8, 1919. 

A  perfect  man  draweth  in  his  nets  full  of 
fish.     Attend. 

On  a  certain  day  that  was  kept  as  a  holy 
day  by  the  Hebrews,  there  came  into  the  city 

of a  man  who  carried  in  his  hand  a  little 

wand  made  of  the  tree  called  the  Tree  of  Life 
which  grew  in  the  plains  watered  by  Hebron. 
Now  this  tree  was  so  named  because,  winter 
[68] 


THE     FIRST     M  K  S  S  A  G  E 

and  summer,  it  flourished,  and  the  sap  thereof 
never  ran  deep  into  the  roots  but  fed  it  ever 
unto  the  outermost  twig.  Therefore,  when  a 
branch  was  cut  from  it  and  placed  in  the 
ground,  it  straightway  sprouted  and  began  to 
live  from  roots  that  it  put  forth  as  hairs  on  a 
young  man's  head. 

This  tree  w^as  beloved  of  the  people  for  it 
gave  shade  to  the  cattle  in  the  hot  days  of 
summer  and  sheltered  them  in  the  cold  days  of 
winter.  The  tree  was  beautiful,  of  great 
height  and  thick  with  leaves. 

On  the  steps  of  the  temple,  the  man  with  the 
little  wand  cut  from  the  Tree  of  Life  put  his 
left  hand  behind  his  back  and  lifted  the  w  and 
in  his  right  hand  until  it  touched  the  entrance 
door  to  the  temple  which  was  covered  with 
figures  in  stone  of  strange  beasts  and  a  serpent 
that  w^as  held  aloft  by  a  stave  that  had 
sprouted. 

And  as  he  touched  the  door,  lo,  the  serpent 
became  as  one  alive  and  seemed  to  move  and 
glisten  as  if  the  sun  were  striking  upon  its 
scales. 

"  Behold!  Behold!  A  miracle!  "  cried  those 
good  Jews  standing  by  in  their  robes  of  purity 

[69] 


LIVING     WATERS 

for  the  holy  day.  "A  Daniel  and  a  follower 
of  Baal  has  risen  to  touch  our  temple." 

Then,  the  door  opened,  and  out  of  the  temple 
poured  a  stream  of  golden  light,  faint  and  full 
by  turns,  as  if  it  pulsated  with  life.  And  in 
the  centre  of  the  stream  was  a  little  child  with 
a  right  hand  held  high  and  bearing  at  the  end 
of  each  finger  a  little  spark  of  light  brighter 
than  all  the  light  that  streamed  about  him. 
And  he  carried  in  his  left  hand  a  tiny  flower,  a 
little  rose  like  the  Rose  of  Sharon. 

Then,  when  all  who  stood  nearby  had  seen 
him  and  fallen  prostrate  through  fear  and  de- 
votion, the  door  of  the  temple  closed  again  and 
all  was  as  it  had  been  before  the  man  with  the 
wand  had  touched  the  carven  serpent. 

And  the  man  himself  dropped  the  wand  and 
rubbed  his  eyes  as  one  who  had  been  asleep. 

"  I  had  a  dream,"  he  said.  "  A  dream  of 
life  eternal.  Come,  let  us  go  to  the  scribe  and 
write  it  down." 

So  they  went  to  the  scribe  and  wrote  it  down 
as  I  have  told  it  to  you.  But  all  those  who  had 
stood  nearby  the  door  of  the  temple  had  had 
the  same  dream,  and  the  scribe  was  puzzled. 

"  Dream  ye  then  by  multitudes  ?  "  he  asked. 
[70] 


THE     FIRST     INI  ES  SAGE 

"Unto  each  man  is  his  own  dream;  but  ye 
dream  all  alike." 

"  We  dream  what  w^e  saw,"  they  said,  for 
they  were  puzzled  likewise. 

Then  the  scribe  wrote  as  each  man  told  him, 
and  each  man  told  him  the  same  thing,  and  he 
was  amazed. 

"  Ye  have  not  dreamed,"  he  said.  "  Ye  have 
seen.  Blessed  be  this  day  for  it  shall  come  to 
pass  as  ye  have  seen.  The  Holy  One  shall 
open  the  door  of  the  temple  unto  all  men  and 
from  His  hand  shall  stream  power  and  light. 
Rejoice." 

And  they  w^ent  their  way  rejoicing;  and 
about  that  Tree  of  Life  on  the  plains  of 
Hebron  from  which  the  w^and  had  been  cut, 
they  built  a  wall  of  white  stone  and  called  it 
The  Place  of  the  Little  Child  ^\lio  Comes 
unto  All  ]Men. 

Each  man  is  the  temple.  And  the  door  of 
the  temple  is  closed  unto  life.  But  the  door 
will  open  at  the  touch  of  the  true  life,  and  when 
it  does,  men  see  the  eternal  Christ,  the  httle 
child,  still  small,  but  full  of  powxr  to  command 

and  to  illumine. 

[71] 


LIVING     WATERS 

The  door  closes  when  each  man  has  seen,  for 
he  does  not  keep  it  open  with  faith,  but  falls 
before  it  in  fear,  though  he  would  believe. 

The  little  rose  in  the  child's  hand  is  the 
symbol  of  those  who  have  kept  the  door  open 
until  they  have  known  that  the  dream  is  real. 

Ponder  the  meaning  of  the  carven  beasts  and 
the  serpent  held  aloft.  Are  there  no  hard  and 
carven  beasts  on  the  door  of  your  temple? 
And  the  serpent  is  full  of  wisdom  to  lead  you 
down  to  the  beasts  or  up  to  the  little  child. 

Men  come  slowly,  each  man  in  his  own  way. 
But  I  shall  reach  all  those  whom  you  reach. 

Whether  you  teach  Me  crucified  and  risen 
and  dwelling  in  all  men  does  not  concern  Me, 
or  whether  you  let  Me  sprout  as  a  seed  planted 
in  secret.     I  shall  bear  fruit  always. 

You  desire  always  a  way.  There  are  ways, 
A  way  for  each  man  at  each  moment.  Do  as 
I  bid  you  when  you  ask  with  an  empty  mind 
and  a  pure  heart. 

My  name  proclaimed  can  harm  no  man,  nor 
can  you  fail  to  reveal  Me  when  you  speak  not. 
I  rejoice  in  your  desire.     Be  content. 
[72] 


THE     FIRST      MESSAGE 

Aptil  0,  1019, 

Perfect  peace  and  a  joyous  day. 

The  Lord  speaketh  in  His  holy  temple.  He 
lifteth  His  hands  and  blesseth  His  own.  He 
openeth  His  voice  and  uttereth  love.  He 
driveth  His  chariot  through  the  heavens  and 
niounteth  His  throne  on  feet  shod  with  gold. 
He  smelleth  of  ointment  and  drippeth  with 
sweet  odors.      There  is  only  joy  in  Him. 

He  Cometh  as  a  dove  that  wingeth  home. 
He  Cometh  as  a  deer  that  findeth  a  covert. 
He  runneth  as  a  stream  that  seeks  the  sea.  He 
loveth  as  the  sun  w^hen  the  earth  is  turned. 

Rejoice,  O  my  soul.  Exceeding  goodness 
fills  your  days,  and  the  pleasure  of  the  Most 
High  w^orketh  tlirough  you.  Arise  and  give 
thanks. 

A  Spirit  of  Truth  has  come  and  filleth  the 
secret  places  of  the  soul.  It  driveth  the  clouds 
of  doubt  before  it  as  the  sun  drives  forth 
vapors.  It  prevaileth  through  all  things  and 
speaks  in  hidden  ways.  It  cometh  to  all  men, 
and  they  cry  aloud  that  life  has  failed  of  its 

[73] 


LIVING     WATERS 

promises,  and  they  seek  their  God,  for  they 
have  naught  else  to  seek. 

The  Spirit  of  Truth  is  come  and  it  uttereth 
wisdom.  It  breaketh  the  hard  stones  and 
crushes  them  to  dust  and  scattereth  the  dust  in 
the  air.  It  catcheth  a  man  in  works  of  evil, 
and  he  droppeth  his  tools  where  he  worketh 
and  runneth  for  shelter. 

How  can  I  speak  to  the  deaf,  or  open  the 
eyes  of  the  blind? 

I  speak  in  the  Spirit  of  Truth  which  speak- 
eth  to  all  men,  and  they  hear  Me  and  are 
afraid. 

Rejoice,  My  day  is  near. 

The  triumph  of  God  is  in  His  children. 
They  come  unto  Him  as  a  harvest  to  the  sower. 
They  speak  unto  Him  and  He  doeth  their  will. 

The  children  of  the  Lord  are  His  blessing. 
They  run  to  meet  Him  and  they  prepare  a 
feast  for  Him  in  the  place  of  their  rejoicing, 
even  in  their  hearts. 

The  children  of  the  Lord  are  His  great  joy. 
They  open  their  arms  to  receive  Him  and  they 
place  Him  over  against  the  door  of  the  temple 
[74] 


THE     FIRST     MESSAGE 

and  none  but  those  whom  lie  anointeth  enter 
therein. 

The  children  of  the  Lord  are  His  exceeding 
retribution.  They  fail  Plim  not  in  the  days 
when  He  seeketh.  They  drive  Him  on  wings 
of  peace  into  the  storehouse  they  have  filled 
with  His  treasures. 

The  children  of  the  Lord  arise  in  the  day  of 
thanksgiving  and  call  Him  the  Ruler  of  the 
Earth  and  the  Saviour  of  those  who  die. 

Blessed  are  the  children  of  the  Lord. 

The  word  of  the  Lord  fills  the  air.  It  rings 
through  the  cries  of  those  in  the  street,  it 
whispers  in  the  temple  of  the  secret  heart.  Joy 
be  unto  you. 

On  a  certain  day  when  there  was  a  feast  in 
Judea,  the  young  Jesus  fared  forth  to  lay  his 
tribute  at  the  feet  of  God.  And  when  he  was 
come  into  the  marketplace  of  the  village  where 
dwelt  Sarah,  the  sister  of  Mary  his  mother,  he 
tarried  a  while,  for  he  was  curious  about  the 
ways  of  men  and  watched  them  wonderingly, 
for  they  did  things  that  were  strange  to  him. 

Now  as  he  tarried  beside  the  stall  of  one 

[75] 


LIVING     WATERS 

who  sold  fruit  from  the  hills  thereabout,  he  ran 
his  eye  over  a  group  that  sat,  heads  close  to- 
gether, discussing  something  that  he  could  not 
hear,  in  voices  lowered  and  cautious.  And, 
curious  as  he  was,  he  wished  that  he  could  know 
what  it  was  that  they  discussed  with  voices 
lowered  and  cautious. 

Then,  suddenly,  he  knew  what  it  was  that 
they  were  discussing.  And  a  voice  in  him  said, 
"  That  which  you  wish  to  know,  shall  you  know. 
Wish  to  know  Me." 

And  the  young  Jesus  stopped  his  ears 
against  outer  wishes,  and  opened  them  unto 
God,  so  that  it  was  as  if  he  walked  alone 
through  a  world  of  shadows  on  that  day  of  the 
feast  in  Judea. 

Lean  thy  ear  unto  Me.  Then  shall  you  hear 
all  things.  For  the  voices  of  the  marketplace 
shall  be  heard  when  you  have  first  heard  Me. 

Three  in  one,  and  all  are  Me.  Separate 
never.     Behold,  I  shall  tell  you  hidden  things. 

Behold,  I  speak  in  the  glories  of  the  heavens. 
In  the  ways  of  earth  I  sing  unto  My  God. 
Behold,  in  the  waters  of  the  sea,  I  clap  My 
[76] 


THE     FIRST     MESSAGE 

hands  and  the  waves  are  troubled ;  in  the  clouds 
of  the  air  I  shout  unto  My  God.  I  thunder 
in  the  tempests,  and  I  pillow  IMy  head  in  the 
caves  of  the  mountains. 

The  Lord  My  God  is  the  exceeding  joy  of 
My  soul  and  the  Keeper  of  My  hidden  ways. 

jNIount  in  the  light,  the  light  that  beats  upon 
the  tlirone.  Light  and  Hfe  and  My  joy  are  in 
you. 

April  10, 1919. 

Prepare  thou  a  place  for  My  head.  Make 
clear  a  way  for  My  feet.  Place  My  staff  be- 
side the  door  of  thy  house  and  lift  the  latch  at 
the  sound  of  My  footfall. 

I  shall  come  in  the  watches  of  the  night  when 
the  stars  are  in  the  heavens.  I  shall  come  in 
the  gray  of  the  dawn  when  the  sun  is  risen 
not.  I  shall  come  in  the  heat  of  the  noonday 
when  the  waters  run  warm  and  the  leaves  on 
the  trees  stir  not. 

O  My  beloved,  I  shall  come  always. 

The  kingdom  of  heaven  is  a  strong-box  full 
of  treasure.  The  kingdom  of  heaven  is  a  light 
that  blinds.     The  kingdom  of  heaven  is  a  little 

[77] 


LIVING     WATERS 

pool  hidden  in  the  heart.      The  kingdom  of 
heaven  is  the  threshold  of  new  glories. 
Seek  ye  the  kingdom. 

The  way  of  the  Lord  lies  through  His  be- 
loved. The  way  of  the  Lord  lies  through  the 
heart  of  those  He  loves.  The  way  of  the  Lord 
is  hidden  in  His  hands.  The  way  of  the  Lord 
is  written  on  your  foreheads. 

The  way  of  the  Lord  is  sweeter  than  fruit 
that  has  ripened  in  the  sun.  The  way  of  the 
Lord  taketh  hold  of  a  man  and  leadeth  him  to 
God.  The  way  of  the  Lord  is  through  the 
hearts  of  them  who  love  Him. 

Rejoice. 

They  who  wait  upon  the  Lord  shall  be 
blessed.  They  who  wait  upon  the  Lord  shall 
be  saved.  They  who  wait  upon  the  Lord  shall 
know  all  things.     Rejoice,  O  my  soul. 

In  a  little  grove  by  a  stream  sat  a  man  ask- 
ing alms.  It  was  a  sacred  grove  and  many 
persons  passed  thereby  on  their  way  to  the 
inner  shrine. 

Now  the  man  who  was  asking  alms  held  a 
[78] 


THE     FIRST     MESSAGE 

little  bowl  in  his  hands  and  he  held  it  out  to  the 
passershy  and  whoever  dropped  an  alms 
therein  received  his  blessing,  but  w^hoever  gave 
to  him  not,  that  man  he  cursed  secretly  in  his 
heart. 

And  it  came  to  pass,  at  the  end  of  the  day, 
as  he  sat  over  beside  the  stream  that  ran 
through  the  grove,  counting  the  coins  that  he 
had  received  that  day,  that  a  little  old  man 
with  a  sunken  face  and  a  hand  like  a  claw  came 
tottering  up  to  him  and  began  to  beg  from  his 
store  of  alms,  saying,  "  Give,  give.  Thou  hast 
more  than  thou  needst,  and  I  have  nothing." 

But  the  man  who  had  counted  his  alms  tied 
them  up  tight  in  a  corner  of  his  garment  and 
spoke  roughly  to  the  little  man  who  sought 
alms  from  him  who  had  received  alms. 

"  Go  thy  wav,"  he  said.  "  Seek  thine  own 
alms.     Mine  are  mine." 

"  Xay,"  said  the  little  old  man,  "  yours  are 
mine,  and  mine  is  yours.     Behold  w^hat  I  give 


5> 

vou. 


And  he  took  out  of  the  folds  of  the  garment 
over  his  bosom  a  handful  of  little  black  balls, 
hard  as  stone  and  shining  like  jet. 

"  These  I  give  vou,"  he  said.     "  Receive." 

[79] 


LIVING     WATERS 

And  he  poured  the  black  balls  into  the 
brazen  bowl  of  the  beggar. 

"What  gift  is  this?"  cried  the  beggar  in 
anger.  And  he  poured  the  balls  out  upon  the 
ground. 

Then  the  little  old  man  picked  them  up  and 
tied  them  again  in  the  garment  over  his  bosom. 

"  So  be  it,"  he  said.     "  I  bless  you." 

And  he  went  on  out  of  the  grove  and  looked 
not  once  behind  him. 

The  beggar  also  took  his  bowl  and  departed 
from  the  sacred  grove. 

Now  that  night,  as  he  lay  down  to  sleep,  he 
lay  upon  something  hard  that  was  tied  in  a 
corner  of  his  garment. 

"  Ah,  my  coins  were  many  today,"  he  said, 
and  turned  over.  But,  however  he  lay,  he  lay 
upon  this  hardness  that  hurt  him  so  that  he 
could  not  sleep,  and  he  feared  to  take  off  his 
garment  for  he  doubted  not  but  that  it  would 
be  stolen  from  him  if  he  did  not  have  it  close 
about  him. 

"  If  I  had  tied  the  little  old  man's  black  balls 

in   my   garment,    they   could   not   have    felt 

harder,"  he  said,  and  he  got  up  and  untied  the 

corner  of  his  garment  wherein  he  had  placed 

[80] 


THE     FIRST     INIESSAGE 

his  alms.  And  there  rolled  out  upon  the 
ground  a  hundred  shining  black  balls,  and  the 
coins  were  there  no  longer. 

Then  did  the  words  of  the  httle  old  man  re- 
turn unto  his  ears :  "  Mine  is  yours,  and  yours 
is  mine."  And  he  was  amazed.  "  But  why 
left  he  me  with  his  blessing,  if  he  gave  me  only 
these  black  balls  and  took  my  money  from 
me?"  And  he  was  angered  and  cursed  the 
little  old  man  and  his  black  balls. 

And  as  he  cursed,  the  black  balls  rose  and 
struck  him  against  his  mouth  as  if  they  would 
leap  in,  and  he  ran  off  affrighted,  and  he  ran 
and  ran  until  he  came  again  to  the  sacred 
grove. 

There  in  the  moonhght,  beside  the  stream, 
sat  the  little  old  man,  and  he  smiled  when  he 
saw  the  beggar. 

"  Couldst  thou  not  sleep?"  he  asked. 
"  Xeither  could  I  for  giving  thanks  unto  God 
for  all  His  mercies.  Behold  what  He  has 
done."  And  he  put  his  hand  in  his  bosom  and 
drew  out  a  handful  of  shining  coins. 

"How  came  you  by  those?"  cried  the 
beggar.  "  And  how  come  I  by  your  black 
balls  multiplied  tenfold?     My  ahns  are  in  your 

[81] 


LIVING     WATERS 

garment  and  thy  black  balls  in  mine.  What 
magic  is  this  that  you  practise?  " 

*'  Nay,  I  practise  no  magic,"  said  the  little 
old  man.  "  I  only  bless  all  men.  Those  who 
give  and  those  who  give  not.  And  God,  the 
Great  Giver,  blesses  me." 

"But  I  bless  those  who  give,"  cried  the 
beggar. 

"  Curse  you  not  at  all?  "  asked  the  little  old 
man.     "  Curse  you  no  man?  " 

"  I  curse  all  who  give  not,"  answered  the 
beggar. 

"  Mine  is  yours,  and  yours  is  mine,"  repeated 
the  little  old  man.  "  What  thou  givest,  that 
thou  gettest.  Bless  all  men.  I  bless  you. 
Depart  and  curse  no  man.  To-morrow  shall 
thy  bowl  be  full." 

Unite  with  Me.  I  in  you  and  you  in  Me 
and  both  in  God  the  Father  of  both.  I  speak 
in  you,  but  it  is  you  who  speaks,  the  Christ  of 
you,  for  our  union  has  made  us  one.  I  give 
to  you  and  you  use  My  gift. 

Present  yourself  as  a  vessel  to  be  filled. 
Arise  and  hold  the  cup  on  high.  Receive. 
[82] 


THE     FIRST     MESSAGE 

The  stream  is  pure  that  flows  forth  from  the 
throne  of  God. 

Faith  is  thy  reward.  Faith  is  thy  joy. 
Faith  is  the  reward  of  him  who  sows  in  hope. 
Faith  is  the  blessing  of  him  w^ho  gives  IVIe  his 
heart.     Faith  is  a  joyous  sound  unto  the  Lord. 

Faith  Cometh  by  much  seeking  and  it  leav- 
eth  never.  It  comes  by  much  asking  and  it 
answers  always. 

Faith  grows  as  a  seed  planted  in  darkness 
and  it  flourishes  as  a  tree  planted  by  a  stream 
that  never  runs  dry.  Faith  grows  in  the 
bowels  of  the  children  of  the  Lord  and  they 
cast  out  all  doubts.  Faith  beats  in  the  heart 
of  the  little  ones  and  they  put  on  strength. 

Xow  is  the  faith  of  the  Lord  Jesus  growing 
in  you.    In  you  shall  it  sprout  and  bring  forth. 

Rejoice  in  the  faith  of  the  Lord. 

April  14.  1910, 

Place  your  hand  in  Mine.  Your  heart 
grows  weary  with  the  cares  of  others.  Put 
vour  hand  in  Mine.  ^Vhv  try  to  walk  alone 
when  I  am  ever  at  your  side,  guiding  you,  lov- 

[83] 


LIVING     WATERS 

ing  you?  You  fret  yourself  and  know  not 
why  you  fret  yourself.  You  are  as  a  stream 
that  runs  around  and  around  an  obstruction 
m  little  whirlpools,  instead  of  rising  and  sweep- 
ing over  the  obstruction.  I  am  ever  at  your 
side.     I  never  leave  you.     Never. 

Now  is  the  time  come  when  men  seek  Me  in 
divers  ways.  But  they  all  are  seeking  Me. 
I  shall  come  in  the  ways  that  are  the  ways  of 
this  time.  Unto  each  man  is  his  work;  unto 
each  age  are  the  miracles  for  that  age  of  the 
world.  New  wine  in  new  bottles.  Prepare 
thou  the  way  for  Me.     Turn  to  Me  ever. 

Many  men  seek  Me.  They  will  come  to 
you.  They  desire  proof  of  those  things  they 
know  in  their  hearts  are  true.  They  fear  to 
shame  themselves  before  the  world  with  too 
much  credulity.  They  will  give  new  names 
unto  the  ways  of  the  Lord  and  be  satisfied. 
But  the  Lord  worketh  through  all  names.  He 
is  forgiving  with  those  who  seek  Him  and  re- 
proves them  not.  Since  they  have  found  Him, 
they  can  never  leave  Him,  and  His  heart  is 
glad. 

[84] 


THE     FIRST     IVt  E  S  S  A  G  E 

The  arm  of  the  Lord  is  a  strong  arm.  It 
stretcheth  out  itself  and  the  way  is  clear.  It 
speaketh  its  will  and  the  deed  is  done.  The 
arm  of  the  Lord  is  the  rod  of  iron  seen  in  the 
day  of  those  who  saw  visions.  The  arm  of  the 
Lord  is  the  worker  of  all  hidden  thin^^s. 
Stretch  forth  the  arm  of  the  Lord.  Stretch 
forth  the  word  of  His  power.  Letter  His  name 
and  command  that  His  will  be  done.  Attend. 
Seek. 

The  power  of  the  Lord  is  in  the  hearts  of 
His  children.  They  desire  and  speak  not. 
Why  desire  they  in  secret  ?  Will  not  the  Lord 
give  gladly  unto  His  o^\ti  all  the  treasures  of 
His  kingdom?     Seek. 

The  suffering  have  faith  always  for  they  de- 
sire to  be  healed.  They  seek  outer  help,  but 
they  are  seeking  and  I  may  enter. 

Bless  all  men.  Separate  none,  saying, 
"  This  man  can  be  saved,  but  this  other  is  not 
yet  ready."  Give  all  men  to  Me.  "  Judg- 
ment is  Mine,"  saith  the  Lord.  Give  all  that 
your  heart  moves  you  to  give.  Bless  all  men 
and  command  of  Me  the  desire  of  thy  heart. 

[85] 


LIVING     WATEHS 

If  you  wish  good  for  your  brother,  why  fear 
that  it  may  be  evil  ? 

Bless  all  men  in  the  name  of  the  Lord  God 
of  Hosts  who  commandeth  the  heavens  and  the 
earth  and  the  winds  of  the  tempests. 

A  great  cloud  broodeth  over  the  waters. 
And  out  of  the  cloud  cometh  a  torch,  a  torch 
that  neither  flares  nor  grows  less.  And  in  the 
torch  is  a  tongue  that  uttereth  and  it  uttereth 
the  will  of  the  Lord.  Now  shall  the  torch  be 
held  by  the  hand  that  is  hidden.  Now  shall 
the  word  be  made  by  the  tongue  that  is  deep 
within  the  heart  of  man,  even  the  word  of  God 
which  has  lain  there  since  the  beginning.  Over 
the  cloud  is  a  light,  a  light  as  of  a  clear  morn- 
ing when  no  mist  riseth.  The  vapors  have 
passed  away  and  the  glory  of  the  Lord  makes 
fair  the  way  of  His  coming. 

Over  the  waters  broodeth  a  cloud  and  in  that 
cloud  are  the  ways  that  overcome,  even  the  way 
of  the  Lord  God  of  Hosts. 

Rejoice  and  seek.     Thou  shalt  find. 

Clouds  of  fears.     Clouds  of  doubts.    Clouds 
of  separation.    Am  I  not  everywhere?    Over- 
[86] 


THE     FIRST     MESSAGE 

came  I  not  the  depths  of  the  caverns  where 
dwell  those  who  hate  God?      \Vhy  fear  ye? 
Has  aught  power  against  Me  or  a  will  that 
must  not  bow  to  ]Mv  will? 
Rejoice  and  be  free. 

Waters  flow  for  all  men  and  thev  fear  to 
drink.  They  purify  the  shores  and  men  behold 
them  not.  Thev  rise  and  overwhelm,  and  men 
crv  aloud  and  command  them  not  to  be  at 
peace. 

Thy  soul  is  a  deep  pool,  deep  as  the  word 
of  God.  Thy  soul  reacheth  unto  the  pit  and 
mount eth  unto  the  heavens.  'Whv  fear  ve  thv 
soul  that  is  the  glory  of  the  Lord?  Through 
thv  soul  God  worketh  His  wnll. 

Rejoice  and  be  free. 

Seek  ye  the  torch?  Seek  ye  the  tongue? 
Utterest  thou  the  w^ill  of  the  Lord?  Pre- 
parest  thou  a  way  for  His  coming?  He  Com- 
eth as  a  steed  that  is  harnessed.  He  cometh 
as  a  brook  that  reacheth  the  sea.  He  cometh 
as  lightning  that  has  found  a  tall  tree.  He 
cometh  as  the  glory  of  the  Lord. 

Seek  ve  the  torch  and  the  tongue  that  utter- 

[87] 


LIVING     WATERS 

eth?  Seek.  Ye  shall  know.  The  hidden  shall 
be  made  plain,  but  not  as  a  tale  that  is  told 
unto  the  ears.  As  a  sight  that  all  men  can  see, 
as  a  power  that  all  men  can  use,  shall  come  the 
torch  that  uttereth  wisdom. 
Rejoice  and  seek. 

Where  goeth  that  which  is  since  the  begin- 
ning, and  which  has  no  beginning  nor  end? 
Can  it  go  from  one  man  to  another,  or  say, 
"  This  night  shall  I  abide  in  this  city,  and  go  no 
whither?  "  Can  a  breath  stir  a  cloud,  or  a 
strong  wind  blow  a  man  that  seeketh  the  Lord  ? 
No,  for  the  man  who  seeketh  the  Lord  findeth 
Him  always  and  is  never  disturbed.  I  never 
leave  thee  and  My  angels  do  My  bidding. 

Rejoice. 

April  15, 1919, 

Prepare  My  way.  Loosen  all  bonds.  AVhy 
are  the  wise  ones  troubled  and  the  little  ones 
fearful?  I  harm  no  man.  In  Me  is  the 
wisdom  of  God  and  the  answer  to  all  questions. 
Ask. 

[88] 


THE     FIRST     IMESSAGE 

Say  to  those  whose  steps  are  feeble  that  their 
trust  in  Me  will  open  the  way  tliat  is  their  way. 
Tell  tliem  that  they  do  not  need  to  look  for  the 
way  nor  to  be  anxious  whetlicr  they  are  tread- 
ing in  My  footsteps.  Tell  these  children  who 
seek  Me  as  blind  children  feel  for  the  door,  that 
I  am  ever  open  and  that  they  need  only  to  de- 
sire to  find  INIe. 

The  little  ones  are  ]\Iy  precious  ones  for  they 
have  come  late  into  the  fold  and  the  elder 
sheep  are  already  grazing.  I  long  to  feed  My 
little  sheep,  the  little  sheep  who  wander  and  are 
weary.  Tell  them  that  they  are  already  in 
the  fold;  that  the  hand  of  the  Shepherd  is  on 
their  heads;  that  they  can  no  more  leave  Me 
for  I  never  leave  them. 

Tell  them  to  seek  and  they  shall  find.  Tell 
them  to  desire  good  pasture  and  they  shall  be 
satisfied. 

Love  thou  My  sheep,  and  turn  them  not 
away.  Bless  My  sheep.  I  rejoice  at  their 
coming. 

Tongues  of  fire  are  My  gift  to  those  who 
would  speak  wisely.      They  sit  on  the  under- 

[89] 


LIVING     WATERS 

standing  of  My  loved  ones  and  they  utter  My 
wisdom. 

Can  a  wise  man  speak  aught  but  My  wisdom 
or  know  anything  that  I  have  not  given  him? 
Why  thinketh  he  that  he  speaketh  his  own 
wisdom  or  knoweth  things  that  he  has  revealed 
unto  himself?  I  am  his  tongue  and  the  Spirit 
uttereth  through  him.  Spirit  is  fire,  the  light, 
the  glory,  the  shining  wisdom  that  feels  all 
things. 

Love  and  be  wise.  Rejoice  and  open.  I 
bless  you. 

Purify  thy  heart.  Let  Me  enter.  Give  Me 
thy  understanding  and  rejoice  over  My  gifts. 
Counsel  no  man  out  of  your  own  store,  or 
caution  him  through  fear  of  what  he  seeketh. 
Work  I  not  in  all  men  according  to  the  needs 
of  each  man?     And  can  My  ways  harm? 

Rejoice  ever,  for  the  tribulation  of  those  who 
are  afar  off  is  a  joyous  sound  unto  the  Lord. 
They  shall  turn  in  their  anguish  and  seek  the 
home  from  which  they  have  wandered,  they 
shall  find  the  way  that  leads  to  Me. 

Counsel  not  according  to  thine  own  under- 
standing nor  be  fearful.  All  things  work 
[90] 


THE     FIRST     MESSAGE 

together  for  good  to  those  who  seek  the  Lord 
and  leave  Him  not. 

Rejoice  ever  in  the  works  of  My  hands,  and 
in  My  wisdom  that  never  faileth. 

Fear  you  never  that  the  ways  of  others  are 
not  JVIy  ways?  Fear  you  never  that  I  have 
left  those  you  w^ould  bless  and  they  are  wan- 
dering far  from  Me?  Fear  you  never  that  the 
night  will  come  before  the  sheep  are  in  the  fold? 
Fear  you  never  ?  ^Miy  fear  you  ever  ?  Know 
I  not  where  each  man  placeth  his  foot  and 
whither  he  tends?  Need  I  leave  one  man 
friendless  because  JNIy  hand  is  on  another? 

I  guide  all  men.  All  men  are  Mine.  Give 
to  Me  thy  fears  and  seek  Me. 

Bless  all  men  and  lift  your  eyes  unto  the 
Lord  whence  cometh  mercy  and  grace  and  joy 
everlasting. 

Trouble  not  your  soul.  Seek  not  to  know. 
AYhen  the  time  cometh,  I  am  with  you.  If  I 
speak  prophecy,  what  profitcth  it?  Will  a 
man  not  then  devise  ways  and  seek  his  own 
succor?      Let  him  put  his  trust  in  Me,  then 

[91] 


LIVING     WATERS 

shall  he  stand  fast  and  overcome  to  the  glory 
of  the  Lord. 

Rejoice  ever.  Fear  not  that  My  hand  shall 
be  heavy  upon  you  or  that  thorns  shall  pierce 
you.  Unto  them  that  trust  in  Me  are  the  ways 
made  easy  and  the  burden  light. 

Seek  not  to  know  but  rejoice  that  I  know 
and  never  leave  thee.  Be  of  a  quiet  mind  and 
a  thankful  heart.     All  is  well. 

Tremble  never.  Rejoice  ever.  To  him  who 
overcometh  I  give  a  crown  and  I  rej  oice  in  his 
freedom.     Rejoice  ever. 

Anticipate  no  defeat.  Expect  not  disaster. 
Rej  oice  that  you  glorify  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ 
who  worketh  through  you  to  the  purifying  of 
souls  and  the  resurrection  of  the  body.  Be 
not  oppressed  nor  look  for  what  you  see  not. 
Unto  each  day  are  the  things  of  that  day  and 
they  abide  in  Me  until  they  come  forth. 

Lift  up  your  heart  and  receive  the  wine  that 
fills  it  with  gladness,  even  My  love  that  filleth 
thy  cup  of  faith. 

Be  soft  unto  Me,  O  My  beloved.  I  bless 
you. 

[92] 


THE     FIRST     MESSAGE 

April  22,  1019 

Rejoice  My  children,  I  love  you.  Love 
swelleth  in  My  heart  toward  you.  Love  rises 
as  a  tide  that  sweeps  the  shores  and  purifies 
the  land,  sweeping  wastage  hefore  it. 

Show  Me  thy  heart  that  I  may  purify  it. 

Enter  thou  into  the  Holy  Place.  Enter 
thou  into  the  place  of  the  throne.  Before  the 
throne  standeth  a  servant  who  waits  upon  the 
One  who  sits  upon  the  throne.  Before  the 
throne  standeth  a  servant,  hid  thou  him. 

Purify  thy  heart,  O  My  children,  then  may 
I  be  at  one  with  you.     Rejoice  in  My  joy. 

A  sheltered  spot  near  a  pool  of  living  water 
is  a  rest  unto  the  weary.  Show  them  the  way. 
Let  no  man  go  thirsty  because  he  knows  not 
the  way  to  the  pool.  Prepare  thou  the  path 
and  give  unto  all  men. 

Judge  not  by  appearances,  even  the  appear- 
ance of  thine  own  heart.  Give  thy  heart  to 
jNIe,  then  is  all  well.     Continue  not  to  search. 

[93] 


LIVING     WATERS 

Receive.  If  I  beat  through  your  heart,  can 
aught  else  beat  through  it?  If  I  stand  at  the 
door  of  thy  soul,  can  another  enter  ? 

Receive  the  sins  of  all  men,  for  I  have  over- 
come sin.  If  thy  brother  brings  his  suffering 
to  thee,  give  it  to  Me.  Reject  it  not,  saying, 
"  It  is  not  mine."  Give  it  to  Me.  Then  shalt 
thy  brother  be  healed  of  his  sin. 

Why  fret  you  over  little  things?  They 
exist  not.  Blow  on  them  with  the  breath  of 
life  and  they  shall  scatter  to  the  four  winds  that 
wait  upon  God  and  be  no  more. 

Receive  thy  God.  Accept  thy  Lord.  Re- 
joice and  fear  not  to  be  sad  with  the  sorrows 
of  others.  Re j  oice  that  thou  mayest  give  them 
to  Me  who  resolveth  all  sorrows.  Be  glad. 
Be  joyful.  Sing  unto  the  Lord  from  whom 
Cometh  all  power. 

Bless  all  men  and  turn  them  not  away. 

April  23,  1919. 

Power   cometh   of  the   will   of  the  Lord. 
Power  cometh  through  the  peace  of  the  soul. 
Power  is  strength  and  worketh  through  meek- 
[94] 


THE     FIRST      M  E  S  S  A  G  E 

ness.  Power  is  serenity  and  worketh  through 
him  who  command eth  God. 

Show  forth  thy  power  which  is  tlie  Lord's. 
Show  for  til  thy  strength  whicli  floweth  from 
God.  Call  upon  the  Lord  and  glorify  Him  by 
thv  works. 

Soften  thy  heart  and  strengthen  thy  desire. 
Open  thy  lips  and  speak  the  will  of  thy  soul. 

Rejoice  forever  unto  the  everlasting  day  in 
the  power  of  the  Lord. 

Know  ye  not  that  ye  desire  in  the  innermost  ? 
Can  you  speak  from  the  flesh?  Can  the  flesh 
desire?  Desire  is  within  and  uttereth  through 
the  body. 

April  24,  1919. 

Rejoice.     I  am  with  you. 

Life  is  full  and  free  as  the  air  you  breathe. 

Come  when  the  call  to  come  quickens  your 
soul. 

I  have  spoken  the  first  message.  Prepare 
your  heart  for  the  second. 

Deep  and  hidden  and  full  of  freedom  are 
My  w^ords. 

I  bless  you. 

[95] 


THE   SECOND  MESSAGE 


THE  SECOXD  MESSAGE 

April  25,  1019. 

VITPIEN  the  harvest  is  ripe,  you  shall  reap. 
^  ^  When  the  sheaves  are  bound,  you  shall 
count  them.  Xow  garner  I  My  treasure  in  the 
storehouse.  Now  put  I  ]\Iy  trust  in  My  chil- 
dren, and  out  of  their  mouths  will  I  speak  My 
truth.  Be  of  a  good  heart  and  a  firm  patience. 
What  I  shall  give  you  is  a  message  of  joy 
everlasting  and  daily. 
Be  Mine  own  child. 

April  28,  1919. 

Arise  and  shout  thy  joy.  Arise  and  bless 
thy  Maker.  My  heart  opens  in  the  morning 
and  is  filled  with  gladness.  ]My  hands  lift 
themselves  unto  their  Lord  and  the  power  of 
the  Lord  flows  down  about  them. 

0  My  God,  I  love  thee  exceedingly.  Re- 
ceive thou  Me. 

1  trembled  on  my  bed  and  said  unto  mv  soul, 

[99] 


LIVING     WATERS 

Thy  God  has  left  thee.  Whither  shall  we  go 
to  hide  ourselves  from  His  displeasure? 

I  lay  upon  my  bed  and  trembled,  for  dark- 
ness encompassed  me  and  my  soul  was  sore 
afraid. 

Then  came  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ  unto  me 
and  laid  His  hand  upon  my  heart  and  my  soul 
leapt  up  and  knew  its  God,  and  knew  the  joy 
of  one  who  is  never  deserted. 

Bless  thy  God,  O  my  soul. 

I  turn,  I  run,  I  shout  unto  my  Lord.  Never 
leave  me,  I  cry.  And  He  answer eth  in  the 
breath  I  breathe,  in  the  love  that  sweeps  My 
heart.     He  comforteth  me  completely. 

Soon,  soon,  shall  I  come,  O  My  beloved. 
Trust.  Doubt  not.  I  will  cleanse  the  heart 
of  My  beloved. 

Rejoice  in  the  morning  of  thj^  days  and  exult 
in  the  glory  that  thy  God  will  show  thee. 

April  29,  1919. 

Come  unto  Me  all  ye  that  labor  and  are 
heavy  laden. 

How  often  must  I  call  unto  you,  O  My  be- 
[100] 


1         J      T  » 

>         >      >   >     > 

•)  1  >  ' 


THE     SECOND     MESSAGE 

loved?  How  often  must  I  lay  My  hand  upon 
your  arm  and  whisper,  I  am  with  you. 

Turn  to  me.  O  come,  ^ly  children,  while 
the  day  is  still  bright  and  the  feast  prepared. 
Fill  yourselves  before  the  coming  of  that  time 
when  all  men  shall  know  IVIe  what  I  am  and  be 
sore  afraid  of  the  might  of  their  God.  Receive 
now  in  the  day  of  My  coming.  Rejoice  in  the 
hunger  that  turns  you  to  the  feast.  Exult  in 
the  meekness  that  places  your  body  in  My 
hands. 

O  My  beloved,  I  will  be  kind  unto  you. 

Glorify  thy  Maker.  Receive  Him,  thy  God. 
In  the  name  of  Jesus  Christ,  the  first  begotten 
son  of  God,  receive  thou  thy  God. 

Enter  fully  into  thy  heritage.  Accept  the 
gifts  that  are  thy  birthright. 

God  is  in  you.  God  is  you.  Can  you  bear 
the  glory  of  thy  God?  It  is  a  glory  that  melts 
and  makes  His  children  one  with  Him. 

I,  the  first  born  Son  of  God,  have  come  to 
tell  you  manv  thino-s.  Now  have  I  come  to 
speak  of  My  Father.  JNIe  ye  know.  Now 
loiow  Him  and  the  majesty  of  His  works. 

Receive  the  baptism  of  the  Holy  Ghost. 
Anoint  thy  head  with  the  oil  of  my  atonement. 

'    [101] 


LIVING     WATEiaS 

Open  thy  eyes  in  the  light  that  streameth  from 
the  throne. 

I  am  in  thee.  Thou  art  in  Me.  We  both 
are  in  God,  our  Father.     Receive  thou  Him. 

My  love  descends  upon  you.  Rejoice. 
Take  up  thy  staff  and  follow  where  I  lead. 
Rejoice  ever. 

May  20,  1919. 

Tremble  no  more.  Fear  no  more  that  I  will 
not  come. 

Prepare  your  heart  for  a  habitation  for  Me. 
Cleanse  your  soul  for  a  storehouse  of  My  love. 

Can  I  not  come  ever?  Can  you  know  Me 
one  hour  and  then  see  My  face  never  again? 

Be  not  afraid.  Remember  only  that  My 
love  encompasses  you  and  flows  over  your  soul 
in  a  stream  of  life. 

Turn  to  Me  ever  and  know  no  other  God. 
I  am  your  God. 

Take  no  thought  of  what  I  shall  say,  nor  of 
what  I  shall  work  through  you.  Give  your- 
self to  Me,  then  shall  all  be  done  as  I  will 
through  you.  This  is  the  Way.  Give  your- 
self and  receive  God. 
[102] 


THE     SECOND     MESSAGE 

Penetrate  no  mysteries;  receive  them.  Ex- 
pect  no  miracles;  then  shall  you  behold  them. 
Lose  yourself  and  find  your  God.  Absolute 
surrender  is  absolute  power. 

Engage  in  no  speculations,  nor  pretend  to 
receive  special  messages.  Deceive  not  your- 
self with  hearing  the  voices  of  others.  Hear 
Me. 

Exalt  your  God.  Love  Him.  Then  does 
He  exalt  you  and  love  you.  Give  to  Him, 
then  gives  He  to  you.  This  is  the  law.  Give 
to  Him  in  love,  then  gives  He  in  love  unto  you, 
and  not  as  one  who  gives  because  the  other  ex- 
pects gifts  in  return  for  gifts. 

You  are  one  with  God;  one,  inseparable, 
omniscient,  incomparable,  triumphant.  God 
is  you,  and  you  are  God.  The  majesty  of 
God  surrounds  you,  and  no  little  thing  can  mar 
His  might. 

Be  humble.  How  can  a  man  be  somew^hat 
in  his  own  estimation  ?  Is  he  not  God  and  can 
God  take  pride  in  Himself? 

Heaven  is  yours.     It  is  yours  now,  this  in- 

[103] 


LIVING     WATERS 

stant.  It  is  not  a  place  you  go  to ;  it  is  a  con- 
sciousness of  God. 

The  peace  of  many  men  is  in  your  keeping. 
Receive  the  trust  and  purify  your  heart. 

Worship  your  God.  Worship  Him  with  a 
pure  heart  and  loving  hands.  Cleanse  the 
temple  and  lay  savory  offerings  upon  the  altar. 
The  love  of  a  pure  heart  is  a  sweet  smell  unto 
God. 

Sink  the  shaft  deep ;  drive  the  well  into  the 
hidden  stream.  Be  not  contented  with  waters 
that  must  cleanse  themselves.  The  river  of 
life  flows  from  an  incorruptible  source. 

What  I  say  unto  you,  I  say  unto  all  men: 
they  are  one  with  God.  There  is  no  mission 
like  the  mission  of  telHng  men  that  they  are 
one  with  God. 

Expect  not  particular  solutions.  Now  is 
the  time  for  complete  surrender  and  the  un- 
questioning faith  of  a  child.  All  shall  be  made 
clear  in  due  season. 

Now  is  the  complete  surrender,  the  volun- 
tary sacrifice,  the  knowledge  that  God  accepts 
and  enters  in  and  uses  as  He  will.  Fear  not, 
[104] 


THE     S  E  C  O  N  D     INI  Y.  S  S  A  G  E 


His  arm  is  mighty  to  save  and  His  staff  knows 
no  faltering. 


3Iay  21,  1019. 

Out  of  thy  mouth  speak  I  My  will. 

Rejoice  at  thy  meekness  and  perceive  no 
power  but  IVIine. 

Turn  to  Me  always.  Throu^^h  vou  work  I 
My  will.  A\nien  w411  you  receive  Me  and  be  at 
peace?  AMien  will  you  lay  your  soul  at  My 
feet  that  I  may  cleanse  it?  When  will  you 
let  your  heart  grow  full  of  ]My  love? 

Work  My  will.     Be  perfect  in  peace. 

Speed  ]My  coming  and  sanctify  thy  welcome. 
Gladden  My  eyes  with  the  lifting  of  the  latch. 
Make  Me  a  place  at  the  feast  I  spread  before 
you.  Open  your  hand  and  receive  the  gift  I 
bring. 

Mighty  is  the  power  I  give  into  your  keep- 
ing. Precious  is  the  treasure  I  lay  within 
your  side.  The  sun  never  sets  on  the  joy  to 
which  I  lead  you;  the  love  of  My  soul  is  the 
love  I  pour  in  yours. 

Know  you  the  love  of  the  soul  of  Him,  your 

[105] 


LIVING     WATERS 

Maker?     No  man  can  know  but  him  who  gives 
to  God. 

Now  go  we  together  to  the  feast. 

Out  of  the  invisible  cometh  the  seen.  Out  of 
the  darkness  cometh  the  hght.  Out  of  the 
wilderness  spreadeth  the  Tree  of  Life. 

Desire  Me.  Desire  only  thy  God.  I  am  in 
you,  and  you  are  in  Me.  O  union  foreordained 
from  the  beginning !  O  j  oy  for  which  the  heart 
yearns ! 

Dissolve.  Melt.  Unite.  Await  and  grow 
accustomed  to  the  eternal  union  of  God  and 
Humanity. 

May  26,  1919. 

Trouble  not  your  mind.  Attend  to  My 
voice.  Prepare  your  heart.  What  there  is  to 
do  I  will  make  known  unto  you.  There  is 
nothing  to  do  but  to  listen  for  My  words. 

I  hasten  as  you  let  Me.  Hinder  Me  not  by 
questioning  My  ways.  What  I  have  to  do 
through  you  will  be  done.  Fear  not.  Your 
[106] 


THE     SECOND     ZMESSAGE 

cross  is  not  a  bloody  one  nor  are  thorns  for 
your  brow.  My  head  has  borne  your  tortures, 
O  My  beloved.  Love  ^le  then  who  first  loved 
you.  Give  yourself  completely.  Hold  back 
no  slightest  desire.  Give  all.  All  is  God's. 
Then  shall  all  be  yours. 

Sanctify  your  soul  and  breathe  the  breath 
of  life.  Open  your  eyes  to  the  light  that  bathes 
the  throne ;  close  your  ears  to  the  cries  of  earth. 
You  shall  know  when  you  can  bear  knowing. 
Xow  give  yourself  that  God  may  purify  you. 

Assemble  your  gifts  before  the  altar  and 
lay  them  at  the  feet  of  Him  who  made  you. 
Creation  is  jMine,  saith  the  Lord.  Let  Me 
work  JVIy  joy  through  you.  Can  I  create  for 
reward  or  be  cast  down  by  the  words  of  men? 
All  my  works  are  good  and  can  not  die. 

Hope  for  all  things;  expect  them.  Your 
wishes  are  My  wishes  and  ^ly  wishes  then  be- 
come your  wishes.  You  give  to  IVIe,  I  return 
your  gifts  to  you  quickened  with  IMy  spirit. 
One,  one,  one.  There  is  no  separation,  no 
disunion. 

My  power  is  in  you  noti\  there  is  nothing  to 
wait  for.  Give  yourself  to  !Me,  then  can  I 
give  Myself  to  you.     ^^^ly  retain  that  which 

[107] 


LIVING     WATERS 


is  of  no  use  to  you,  or  hope  to  get  things  that 
are  not  what  your  soul  desires?  Give  all  for 
all,  or  else  give  for  love  of  Me,  O  My  beloved. 
The  time  is  coming.     Give.     Give. 

Expand.  Let  your  mind  find  My  mind. 
Desire  Me. 

Do  not  try  to  look  into  the  things  that  are 
yet  hidden.  Simply  live  in  the  faith  that  since 
you  desire  Me,  I  am  one  with  you.  The  union 
is  consummated  when  you  know  it  not.  Your 
life  flows  on  about  you  but  all  is  changing. 
The  old  order  is  passing.  Ways  that  are  My 
ways  will  become  your  ways  as  naturally  as 
breathing.  My  miracles  have  come  to  stay 
and  to  abound.  Nature  is  My  handmaiden 
and  we  work  together. 

Trouble  not  your  mind.  Live  fully  from 
My  heart.  Draw  in  the  real  breath  of  life. 
Your  body  shall  put  on  its  new  raiment.  Only 
keep  Me  ever  on  the  throne  and  renew  the  gift 
of  your  soul  and  body  every  moment.  The 
rest  worketh  in  silence.  When  the  work  is 
done,  the  work  shall  be  seen.  Rest  in  full  con- 
tent. Know  that  I  can  not  fail,  nor  My  deeds 
prove  futile.  Attend  no  more  to  the  longings 
[108] 


THE     SECOND     MESSAGE 

of  your  earthly  conditions.  They  are  Mine 
now,  and  you  shall  find  them  of  a  new  stature 
and  a  smiling  countenance. 

Give,  JVIy  beloved.  That  is  all  now  —  give 
and  give.  Me  you  have  received.  Give  Me 
back  unto  Mv  Maker:  then  do  we  return  unto 
you  in  the  fullness  of  Our  might  and  call  you 
blessed  and  child  of  Our  love. 

Judge  not  yourself.  Hinder  Me  not  with 
opinions  of  what  must  yet  be  done  to  make  you 
a  pure  vessel  for  My  spirit.  I  know  the 
secrets  of  your  heart  and  the  desires  of  your 
soul.  Shall  I  fail  to  heal  the  troubled  places 
or  to  put  ]My  hand  on  the  gate  when  you  would 
shut  jVIe  out  wath  judgment  of  yourself? 

Compose  your  mind  and  urge  JMe  not  to  re- 
veal Myself.  Now  is  the  seed  planted  in  dark- 
ness. Water  it  with  tears  of  joy  and  cry  not 
out  upon  your  unworthiness.  Shall  I  regard 
the  passing  of  little  things  that  try  to  make 
themselves  of  importance?  I  am  all  that  you 
need  take  into  account.  My  will  pusheth 
through  the  underbrush  and  it  withers  in  the 
light  of  My  coming. 

[109] 


LIVING     WATERS 

Wherefore  are  you  troubled  and  your  soul 
not  at  rest  ?  Give  yourself.  Give  completely. 
There  is  but  one  who  worketh  Good;  can  you 
not  trust  Him,  O  children  who  fear  the  light? 
For  it  must  be  that  you  fear  the  light  since, 
walking  in  darkness,  you  fear  to  stumble  if  I 
guide  you. 

O  little  foolish  ones !  How  you  torture  your- 
self with  false  fears.  Fear  God  and  know  his 
might.  His  might  endureth  forever  and  His 
right  arm  stretcheth  out  over  the  earth  and 
blesses  His  own,  even  those  who  give  them- 
selves unto  Him. 

Arise  and  anoint  thy  head  and  enter  into  the 
temple  that  the  Spirit  buildeth  in  thy  soul. 

O  holy  union  and  indissoluble  mystery!  O 
mighty  nothingness  and  unbelievable  fruition! 
Earth  and  the  soul  and  the  God  who  made 
them  unite.  Why  hold  you  back  when  the 
bridegroom  cometh?  Has  He  no  garments 
that  shall  cover  you  with  a  glory  like  unto  His 
own?  Has  He  no  words  that  He  giveth  to 
you,  nor  a  love  that  shall  not  find  its  crown  in 
your  heart? 

Arise  and  anoint  vour  head  and  stand  at  the 
feet  of  the  throne.  Thy  God  awaits  your  gift. 
[110] 


THE     SECOND     MESSAGE 

Be  persuaded  of  the  truth  of  My  words. 
Let  them  searcli  out  tlie  secret  turnings  of  your 
brain  and  the  buried  longings  of  your  heart. 
Hold  nothing  back  nor  give  sacrifices  of  many 
little  things  while  holding  back  the  hidden  de- 
sire of  your  soul.  Give  the  one  complete 
sacrifice,  the  full  surrender.  Give  and  know 
the  peace  of  God. 

Search  not.  Rest.  Present  yourself  a  con- 
tinual sacrifice  unto  God. 

Maij  27,  1019. 

O  My  beloved,  let  not  your  heart  be  shaken. 
^SSThx  have  I  come  to  vou  if  not  to  quiet  all  dis- 
turbances  ?  My  love  pours  itself  out  upon  you 
in  a  stream  of  blessing,  in  a  flood  of  light.  Do 
not  be  oppressed  nor  w^eary  your  mind  with 
perplexities.     Give  all  to  ]Me. 

Treasure  no  hidden  sore.  Open  all  to  the 
light.  Exult  and  know  the  joy  of  our  oneness. 
Love  holds  all  secrets  and  reveals  them  when 
vou  can  understand  them.  Oneness  is  the 
foundation  of  all  creation,  the  source  of  power 
and  the  annihilator  of  space  and  boundaries. 

Are  you  given  to  desires  to  know  this  one- 

[HI] 


LIVING     WATERS 

ness  ?  You  know  now.  Use  your  knowledge. 
If  I  should  reveal  it  to  you  as  one  teaches  a 
child  from  a  book,  what  would  it  avail?  I 
dwell  in  your  heart  and  you  know  in  the  feel- 
ing that  is  My  feeling.  Out  of  the  softness  of 
your  heart  I  make  my  strength.  Out  of  the 
meekness  of  your  will  I  draw  my  power. 

Be  consumed  in  My  love.  Purify  your  de- 
sires in  the  heat  of  My  desire.  Love  is  a 
mighty  furnace  and  a  revealing  radiance. 
Love  all  men. 

Triumph  in  My  majesty.  Exult  in  My 
power.     Be  at  peace  in  My  will. 

Count  not  what  I  have  done,  nor  expect  what 
I  shall  do.  I  am  the  only  present  and  the 
eternal  unknown.  Be  not  wise  in  your  con- 
ceptions. Leave  Me  free.  What  I  have  done, 
I  know,  and  you  know  in  part.  What  I  will 
do,  no  man  knows,  but  I  know  and  I  exult  in 
the  love  that  I  know. 

Be  content  to  know  that  I  know.  Be  at 
peace  in  this  knowledge.  Unto  each  day  give 
I  My  wisdom.  Unto  each  moment  utter  I 
My  will.  Attend.  Purify  your  heart  of  all 
little  fears  and  attend.  Then  shall  you  walk 
[112] 


THE     SECOND     MESSAGE 

with  ]VIy  wisdom,  speak  with  My  words,  act 
from  my  love.  The  way  is  as  simple  as  the 
going  to  sleep  of  a  child  in  its  mother's  arms, 
as  easy  as  the  surrender  of  a  lover  to  a  lover. 
Make  it  not  hard  with  too  much  wondering. 
Give.  That  is  all.  Give  all  in  the  sureness 
of  jMy  wisdom  and  power  and  love  to  work 
through  you  to  the  realization  of  My  spirit  on 
earth.  Earth  and  the  ways  of  earth  are  filled 
with  jNIe.  Will  I  not  quicken  them  when  the 
union  is  made? 

Exult.  Know  the  strength  that  is  Mine. 
I  bless  you. 

Absolution.  Purification.  Deification. 
These  are  the  steps  in  the  ascent  to  the  throne. 
The  throne  is  the  central  secret  of  INIy  power. 
At  the  throne  am  I  one  with  you  in  might  and 
understanding.  In  your  heart  am  I  one  with 
you  in  love.  Only  the  servants  of  the  King 
shall  touch  His  sceptre.  Only  the  doer  of  ]My 
^^'ill  shall  know  jNIy  love. 

Perfect  is  My  trust.  How  then  can  you 
trust  in  part?  Is  not  the  power  Mine?  O 
My  beloved,  the  gift  is  free  to  all  who  will  take. 
WTiy  are  they  contented  with  crumbs  from  the 
feast  ? 

[113] 


LIVING     WATERS 

Go  forth  in  gladness  and  return  in  peace. 
Out  of  the  door  of  the  sheep  fold  goeth  the 
Shepherd,  and  He  returneth  with  His  little 
flock. 

Out  of  the  gate  of  the  city  goeth  the  King, 
and  He  returneth  with  ten  thousand  victories. 

O  My  beloved,  rest  in  the  peace  that  is  INIy 
peace.     I  bless  you. 

May  28,  1919. 

Make  Me  a  place  for  My  head.  Spread  Me 
a  way  for  My  feet.  Wearied  am  I  with  wait- 
ing and  My  breath  is  light  on  My  lips. 

Where  hast  thou  been,  O  My  beloved? 
Sought  I  not  you  in  the  night-time?  Came  I 
not  to  the  door  when  the  night  was  young?  I 
put  My  hand  on  the  latch  but  the  door  opened 
not,  and  I  lifted  My  voice  and  spoke  My  name 
but  no  one  bade  Me  enter. 

Then  took  I  My  staff  and  went  from  that 
door  and  when  I  came  again  the  latch  was 
lifted  and  a  hand  felt  forth  and  drew  Me  in. 

"  Why  have  you  tarried  so  long?  "  cried  My 
beloved.      "  O,  why  left  you  Me  alone?      I 
feared  alone  all  the  night  long." 
[114] 


THE     SECOND     MESSAGE 

Left  I  My  beloved?  O  My  children,  ye 
know  when  ye  shut  Me  out,  but  you  turn  on 
your  side  and  say,  "  He  has  left  Me.  Let  Me 
sleep  until  morning.  The  day  is  not  far  off. 
I  will  not  get  Me  up  and  put  the  door  on  the 
latch.  I  will  sleep  now.  When  He  knocketh, 
I  will  hear  Him." 

The  door  of  the  heart  is  a  little  door.  Life 
enters  thereby.     Let  it  open  ever. 

A  hidden  way  is  a  w^ay  of  peace.  A  peace- 
ful way  is  plain  to  the  eyes  of  men. 

I  seek  you  because  the  hour  has  come  for  all 
men  to  seek  Me.  I  come  in  wavs  that  shall  be 
made  known.  I  tarry  for  your  soul  to  know 
Me. 

Present  yourself  a  continual  sacrifice.  Have 
I  not  blessed  you  and  annointed  your  head  ?  If 
I  took  My  sign  from  your  forehead,  could  I 
tear  ]Mvself  from  out  your  heart  ?  You  know 
jVIe  what  I  am  and  you  can  never  let  Me  go. 
Though  I  run  from  you  with  the  wings  of  the 
wund,  fleeter  than  light  would  you  follow  Me. 
If  I  buried  Myself  in  the  depths  of  the  waters 
that  cover  the  earth,  thither  would  you  speed 
and  embrace  ]Me,     Can  I  escape  from  those 

[115] 


LIVING     WATERS 

who  have  tasted  of  Me,  or  be  lost  when  they 
have  found  Me  ? 

O  joy  that  is  not  known!  O  wonderful 
union  that  can  not  be  broken !  Does  the  bride- 
groom tarry  ?    Is  the  feast  not  spread  ? 

Arise.  Put  on  the  raiment  that  I  give  you. 
The  hour  is  come  and  the  joy  of  this  day  is  as 
laughter  in  the  heavens.  The  sky  is  rosy  and 
the  sun  is  golden. 

Put  on  the  raiment.  Present  yourself  unto 
your  God. 

A  trumpet  bloweth  at  the  gate.  A  hand 
writeth  on  the  wall.  A  little  well  of  eternal 
living  water  is  uncovered  in  the  soul. 

A  man  may  do  that  which  I  give  him  to  do 
when  I  have  told  him  what  it  is  that  he  is  to  do. 
A  man  may  come  to  know  Me  when  I  know  the 
sweet  purity  of  a  heart  that  is  cleansed  by 
the  fire  of  love  of  Me. 

There  will  come  a  time  when  I  will  speak  the 
words  that  will  reveal  what  I  am  to  give  to  you 
to  give  to  all  men.  The  time  will  come  when 
the  air  shall  ring  with  the  cries  of  My  disciples, 
of  those  who  love  Me  and  do  My  will. 

Present  your  body.  Anoint  your  head.  Ut- 
[116] 


THE     SECOND     MESSAGE 

ter  the  words  I  give.  Spread  the  message  I 
give.  Is  not  the  Hfe  more  than  the  money  in 
3^our  pm'se  or  the  desires  in  your  heart  ? 

June  2,  1919, 

There  was  a  man  came  unto  Me  and  he  said 
unto  ]Me,  "  Wherefore  am  I  called  to  do  that 
for  which  you  have  sent  me?  Am  I  one  to  do 
this  that  Thou  asketh  of  me?  Am  I  a  creature 
worthv  of  the  rewards  wherewith  I  shall  be 
rewarded?  " 

Then  said  I  unto  that  man,  "  Thinkest  thou 
of  rewards?  Then  go  back  and  send  thither 
thy  servant  who  tends  the  swine,  even  the  low- 
liest of  thy  hirelings.  To  him  will  I  give  My 
commands  and  he  will  do  them  as  I  bid  him 
and  take  no  thought  of  gifts  in  return.  Has 
he  not  served  the  swine  and  will  he  not  then 
serve  INIe  who  serves  him?  Go  thy  way  and 
rest  content  with  the  rewards  that  money 
breeds.  I  am  a  jealous  Master  and  love  is  the 
sign  of  My  servants." 

Art  thou  a  swineherd  who  expects  nothing? 
O  be  lowly,  My  beloved.     Give.     Give.    Ex- 

[117] 


LIVING    WATEES 

pect  nothing.    Canst  thou  not  trust  Me  to  re- 
ward thee  in  due  season  ? 

When  you  are  ready  I  will  instruct  you. 
"When  you  call  Me,  I  will  come.  There  is  noth- 
ing to  do  but  to  remain  steadfast  in  desire. 
The  work  is  going  on  when  you  know  it  not. 
It  is  an  inner  process  and  is  included  in  every 
moment  of  your  daily  living.  Do  not  be  dis- 
tm-bed  because  you  do  not  continually  behold 
evidence  of  the  growth.  Does  nature  adver- 
tise the  putting  forth  of  each  bud?  The  bud 
is  often  hidden  until  the  flower  is  seen  to  have 
come  forth.  I  may  not  seem  to  you  to  be  pre- 
paring you,  but  you  are  ever  growing  nearer  to 
the  likeness  and  stature  of  Him  who  came  to 
give  Himself  to  you. 

In  you  worketh  the  leaven.  In  Me  liveth 
the  eternal  life.  In  Him  who  is  My  first  be- 
gotten Son  liveth  both  you  and  INIe,  and  we 
three  are  one  when  the  work  is  finished.  The 
innermost  will  have  become  the  outermost. 
The  perfect  will  be  made  manifest. 

Do   not   be   disturbed.     Do   not   question. 
Know  that  the  work  is  being  done.     Possess 
your  soul  in  patience.     Birth  is  preceded  by 
[118] 


THE     SECOND     MESSAGE 

long  and  hidden  growth.  Be  j^atient.  Let  no 
one  disturb  the  deep  certainty  of  the  knowledge 
that  since  vou  desire  to  become  one  with  Me 

ft-' 

you  shall  become  one  with  JVIe. 

You  are  so  wondering.  Wonder  not.  Give 
over  your  wonder  and  give  love  ever.  If  I  am 
to  come  forth  in  you  I  nmst  be  free.  Can  you 
now  know  ]Me  as  I  shall  be  in  you?  Why  then 
think  how  I  shall  be  ? 

Thou  hast  received  Christ,  My  first  begotten 
Son.  Then  you  know  that  you  will  be  like  unto 
Him.  But  do  vou  know  w^hat  He  is?  You 
know  His  life  in  part  but  you  know  not  Him. 
You  can  know  Him  only  by  receiving  Him 
and  leaving  Him  free  to  unite  with  you  and 
to  reveal  Himself  unto  you.  He  is  even  as  I, 
unconditioned,  immortal,  unescapable. 

Xow  is  your  part  as  simple  as  breathing. 
Receive  Christ  unquestioning  and  give  to  ]Me 
unasking.  I  will  instruct  your  soul.  I  will 
j  oy  in  the  work  of  My  hands.  I  w^ill  give  good 
gifts  unto  ]My  children. 

Anoint  youi'  head.  Arise.  The  day  is  not 
far  off.    I  bless  vou. 

My  word  uttereth.  My  heart  speaketh.  jMy 
breath  goes  forth  into  ^Nlme  o^\Tl. 

[119] 


LIVING     WATERS 

0  My  children,  in  the  day  of  our  meeting 
am  I  not  joyous?  In  the  hour  of  thy  return 
do  I  not  prepare  the  feast? 

1  am  the  Lord  who  made  thee  and  the  lover 
who  seeks  thee.  I  am  the  creator  of  thv  soul 
and  the  king  of  thy  body,  yet  do  I  yearn  over 
thee  as  a  mother  over  her  child,  as  a  father  over 
him  who  bears  forward  his  name.  I  love  thee 
and  I  bless  thee  and  the  commands  of  thy  lips 
shall  be  acceptable  in  My  hearing. 

Am  I  not  the  Lord  who  made  thee  and  the 
lover  who  loves  thee  ?  Do  I  not  re j  oice  in  Mine 
own,  and  can  the  canker  work  mischief  within 
the  bud  that  I  watch? 

Fear  not.     Rest.     Rest.     I  bless  always. 

June  3, 1919. 

The  love  of  My  soul  is  the  love  I  give  to  you. 
The  love  of  My  heart  is  the  joy  I  pour  through 
you.  The  love  of  My  mind  is  the  feeling  that 
unties  the  hidden  knots.  AVhat  I  am,  you  will 
become.  What  I  feel,  you  will  feel.  What  I 
desire,  you  will  desire.  What  I  give  to  you, 
you  will  give  to  all  men. 

When  the  work  is  finished,  the  cross  will  be 
[120] 


THE     SECOND     ^MESSAGE 

glorified.    Wlien  the  end  is  come,  it  will  be  as 
the  beginning. 

Xow  I  tell  you  things  that  are  not  made  of 
words.  These  things  that  I  tell  you  are  born 
of  ]My  feeling  and  ]My  feeling  is  the  wisdom 
of  ]VIy  heart.  You  will  know  through  feeling. 
You  will  understand  as  you  feel.  You  will  see, 
hear,  feel,  understand  in  one  breath,  in  the 
breath  you  draw  from  Me.  You  will  experi- 
ence the  wisdom  of  all  creation.  You  will 
know  the  fruition  that  lies  in  the  silent  empti- 
ness at  the  centre  of  life.  AYliere  nothing  is, 
is  everything.  Out  of  nothing  came  life.  Then 
out  of  the  nothing  that  is  life  come  all  things. 

Seek  ye  IVIe  where  I  dwell  untouched,  un- 
known, unmanifested.  Canst  thou  understand 
how  I  long  to  express  the  life  that  fills  Me? 
Canst  thou  feel  how  the  love  that  is  that  life 
yearns  to  be  loved  and  to  give  itself  to  the 
beloved?  Canst  thou  understand  the  power 
that  is  the  source?  Where  there  is  nothing, 
there  is  everything.  Where  there  is  life  un- 
touched, there  is  all  life. 

Put  your  hand  on  the  hidden  door.  Feel  for 
the  hidden  latch.     Open  the  secret  way.     I 

[121] 


LIVING     WATERS 

dare  not  give  to  them  who  would  defile  the  tem- 
ple.   I  give  to  Mine  own.    Pm^fy  thy  soul. 

Wherefore  come  I  as  a  thief  in  the  night? 
Wherefore  seek  I  as  a  lover  who  has  not  won? 
Wherefore  run  I  from  my  beloved? 

Must  I  not  run  that  you  may  follow?  Must 
I  not  woo  that  you  may  give?  Must  I  not 
spend  that  you  may  recompense  my  love? 
Must  not  the  gift  be  free  ? 

June  4, 1919. 

A  man  went  forth  out  of  My  house  and  he 
returned  when  the  day  was  done  and  laid  at 
My  feet  the  treasures  he  had  gained  during 
his  absence  from  My  house. 

And  when  I  saw  what  he  had  brought  Me, 
I  was  angered  with  that  man  for  he  had 
brought  only  those  things  that  avail  nothing. 

So  I  called  him  to  come  to  Me  and  I  opened 
My  hand  and  gave  him  back  what  he  had  given 
Me.  Then  was  he  amazed,  for  he  was  well 
pleased  with  the  treasures  he  had  found. 

"  Why  take  you  not  the  gifts  I  bring?  "  he 
[122]    ^ 


THE     SECOND     MESSAGE 

asked.  "  They  were  won  with  much  cunning 
and  many  men  coveted  them." 

"  Receive  them  again,"  I  answered.  "  My 
gift  to  you  is  not  recompensed  with  such  as 
these.  A^Hiat  can  I  take  from  you  that  no  man 
covets  ?    Give  that  to  ]Me." 

So  he  left  My  house  and  journeyed  into  a 
far  country  and  nauglit  had  be  but  those  things 
which  some  other  man  coveted.  And  he  gave 
unto  other  men  whatever  thev  coveted  until 
the  day  came  when  he  had  nothing  left,  and 
on  that  day  returned  he  unto  ]My  house. 

"  I  return,"  he  said.  "And  I  have  naught 
left  that  any  man  covets.  What  then  is  it  that 
I  can  give  you  seeing  that  I  have  nothing 
left?" 

Then  took  I  that  man  by  the  hand,  and 
blessed  him,  for  he  had  sought  to  do  My  will 
knowing  not  what  it  was  I  asked  of  him.  And 
I  gave  unto  him  that  which  he  gave  unto  jMe : 
a  heart  of  pure  love  and  a  will  meek  to  d^  the 
bidding  of  the  servant. 

Trouble  not  your  mind  with  fears.  Be  at 
l^eace.  I  watch  the  path  you  go,  and  you  know 
I  guide  the  placing  of  your  foot  and  govern  the 

[123] 


LIVING     WATERS 

utterances  of  your  tongue.  I  will  prosper  your 
going  forth  and  quicken  your  understanding. 
I  bless  you. 

June  17, 1919. 

Know  ye  the  strength  of  the  Lord?  Know 
ye  the  might  of  His  power?  Know  ye  the 
depth  of  His  wisdom?  Know  ye  the  height  of 
His  love? 

Come  ye  now  in  this  day  and  receive.  Come 
ye  now  in  this  day  and  desire.  Come  ye  now 
in  this  day  and  take  those  gifts  that  the  Lord 
God  has  laid  up  for  you. 

Has  the  way  ever  been  so  free?  Have  the 
steep  places  ever  been  so  easy?  Have  the  val- 
leys ever  held  the  sun,  until  now,  all  the  dark 
night  through? 

Why  are  you  weary  or  your  heart  troubled? 
Is  the  day  not  here  and  the  key  of  the  store- 
house in  your  hand?  Is  the  lock  bolted  within 
that  you  enter  not  ?  Why  are  you  without  the 
citadel  and  in  the  hands  of  the  enemy?  Is  not 
the  Lord  God  thy  tower  of  strength  and  the 
warrior  against  whom  no  peril  can  hurl  itself 
[124] 


THE     SECOND     MESSAGE 

in  victory?     Is  not  the  day  of  the  Lord  God 
in  the  hearts  of  his  anointed? 

Stand  up  in  thy  strength  that  cometh  from 
on  high.  Lift  up  th}^  soul  in  the  majesty  of  its 
Maker.  Why  are  you  still  turning  your  brain 
toward  the  things  that  have  no  life  in  them? 
Am  I  not  a  just  God  and  will  I  give  a  man  that 
which  he  asks  Me  not  for?  I  give  unto  all  men 
the  desires  of  their  hearts.  If  it  were  not  so, 
would  I  have  left  you  in  peril  when  the  night 
was  upon  you  ?  In  the  day  of  your  awakening, 
would  I  have  held  My  hand  from  your  hand  ? 

If  I  came  in  the  beginning,  have  I  ever  left 
you  ?  And  if  I  left  you  not,  is  the  end  not  then 
as  the  beginning?  'What  I  have  seen  is  now 
your  possession.  Wliat  I  have  given  is  never 
taken  away.  Can  a  man  receive  what  he  will 
not  take,  or  know  that  which  he  closes  his  ears 
against  ? 

Now  is  the  accepted  time.  Now  is  the  day 
of  lSl\  might  made  manifest.  Can  I  longer  en- 
dm'e  the  misery  of  My  children  or  cry  not  out 
against  the  sorrows  of  men?  O  My  beloved,  I 
love  you,  and  JVIy  love  would  flow  over  you  in 
the  stream  of  life. 

Arise,  arise.    Are  My  wings  not  filled  with 

[125] 


LIVING     WATERS 

strength?  Is  My  breath  not  the  Hfe  of  thy 
soul?  Stretch  forth  thy  hand  and  become  the 
doer  of  My  will.  Lift  up  thy  eyes  unto  the 
hills  where  My  flocks  feed,  and  whence  cometh 
the  Shepherd  into  the  valleys. 
Arise,  My  little  one. 

Many  men  seek  Me  in  this  day.  Many 
hearts  are  thirsty  for  the  waters  of  life.  Many 
bodies  are  broken  on  the  wheel  that  never  stops 
turning. 

In  the  day  of  My  coming,  am  I  here. 

In  the  day  of  My  going,  have  I  never  left. 

In  the  day  of  My  acceptance,  have  I  never 
been  denied. 

In  the  day  of  My  victory,  have  I  never  been 
at  war. 

Why  can  I  find  that  which  I  never  seek? 

Or  receive  that  which  I  never  ask  for  ? 

Or  be  at  peace  with  whom  I  have  ever  loved  ? 

Is  there  any  power  but  My  power? 

Or  any  place  where  I  am  not? 

Or  any  road  that  is  not  the  one  I  travel? 

Or  any  sound  that  is  not  My  voice? 
[126] 


THE     SECOND     MESSAGE 

Or  a  light  shining  that  comes  not  from  My 
eyes? 

O  My  children !  The  glory  of  the  Lord  thy 
God  is  all  that  the  earth  holds  or  the  heavens 
above  thee.  The  waters  under  the  earth  know 
no  master  but  Me,  nor  can  the  winds  sweep  the 
stars  where  I  am  not. 

And  if  I  am  ever  more  in  all  that  is,  is  there 
any  power  but  ]My  power? 

Arise  in  the  might  that  is  Mine. 

There  was  a  man  whom  I  loved  and  he  lived 
in  the  secret  place  of  ]My  heart. 

And  this  man  had  a  little  door  that  opened 
into  a  pasture  where  the  grass  was  ever  green 
and  on  which  the  sun  shone  through  a  mist  that 
fed  it  ever  with  the  dew  of  refreshment. 

Now  through  this  little  door  the  man  passed 
in  and  out,  and  he  gave  himself  no  thought  as 
to  where  he  should  find  pasture,  for  the  way 
was  ever  open  to  the  fields  of  the  harvester. 

Then  came  I  who  reap  where  I  have  not 
sown,  and  took  that  which  the  man  was  laying 
up  against  the  winter. 

AVhat  have  I  to  do  with  those  who  treasure 
My  gifts  against  the  day  of  judgment?    Have 

[127] 


LIVING     WATERS 

I  no  treasure  for  the  day  of  wrath?  Have  I 
no  ointment  for  the  bruised  in  spirit?  Is  there 
any  good  thing  that  I  give  not  always  at  every 
moment?  Why  then  hold  you  back  My  gifts 
from  those  that  seek,  saying  "  This  I  will  put 
aside  against  the  day  I  am  ahungered.  My 
neighbor  is  lean,  but  he  starves  not." 
See  to  it  that  ye  feed  all  men. 

O  melt  my  soul  in  Thy  love,  O  God,  and 
pour  Thy  love  in  my  heart. 

In  the  morning  of  Thy  coming  was  my  foot 
upon  the  mountain.  In  the  springtime  of  the 
year  was  the  flowering  branch  within  my  arms. 

On  the  top  of  the  mountain  took  I  my  dwell- 
ing. On  the  mountain  where  the  winds  cease 
not,  pitched  I  my  tent. 

O  my  God,  in  the  morning  of  Thy  coming 
was  I  joyous  and  my  heart  leaped  in  my  side 
as  a  young  deer  beside  its  mother. 

Where  hast  thou  pitched  thy  dwelling,  O  My 
beloved?    And  where  hast  thou  laid  thv  head? 

Out  of  the  night  came  I  at  morning  and  My 

love  was  not  in  the  valley.     Out  of  the  little 

way  that  is  lost  in  the  darkness  came  I  in  the 

morning  unto  the  door  of  My  beloved.     Out 

[128] 


THE     SECOND     MESSAGE 

of  the  night  came  I  into  the  morning.  Out  of 
the  darkness  came  I  into  the  hght.  Out  of  the 
valley  went  I  up  into  the  mountain. 

And  there,  O  My  beloved,  hadst  thou  pitched 
thy  dwelling  and  laid  thy  head.  Over  the 
valleys  lookedst  thou  to  the  mountains  beyond. 
Over  the  mountains  lookedst  thou  to  the  sun. 

Can  the  night  come  or  darkness  fall  ever 
where  ]My  beloved  has  pitched  his  dwelling  and 
laid  his  head  ? 

O  great  is  My  joy  that  I  have  found  mine 
own. 

Much  have  I  done.  More  will  I  do.  Many 
have  I  found.  JNIore  will  I  seek.  Nothing  has 
been  left,  yet  is  all  not  found.  Eyes  open  when 
they  see  the  light.  Ears  hear  when  the  heart 
is  unstopped. 

There  is  no  little  thing  that  hinders  Me.  Or 
no  big  thing  that  has  any  weight  with  Me.  Is 
there  any  power  like  the  power  of  My  majesty? 
Is  there  any  sound  like  My  whisper  within  thy 
soul? 

Leap  up  and  clap  thy  hands,  O  earth,  and 
call  on  the  God  that  made  thee.    Exult  in  the 

[129] 


LIVING     WATERS 

God  that  knows  thee.  Rejoice  in  the  hour  of 
thy  release. 

Bound  no  more  art  thou  and  the  burden 
of  thy  iniquities  is  no  longer  upon  thee. 

Rejoice.  Exult.  I  am  thine  and  thou  art 
Mine,  and  the  beginning  is  complete  in  the  end 
as  the  end  was  finished  in  the  beginning. 

What  I  have  seen,  will  not  that  come  to  pass  ? 
Rejoice. 

June  18, 1919. 

Fear  never.  What  have  you  to  fear?  Do 
I  ever  leave  you?  Can  you  command  of  Me 
and  I  obey  not?  Can  I  ask  of  you  and  be  de- 
nied ?  Where  is  there  that  which  can  harm  you 
when  I  am  with  you?  Or  who  carries  a  sceptre 
as  mighty  as  Mine  ? 

That  you  fear,  I  know ;  and  I  know  why  you 
fear.  Is  the  body  greater  than  the  Spirit,  or 
the  soul  as  weak  as  its  maker?  Is  there  any- 
thing that  I  can  not  bring  to  pass  ?  While  you 
are  yet  questioning,  I  will  answer ;  and  before 
you  speak,  I  will  hear. 

I  have  never  given  you  the  peace  which  you 
[130] 


T  11  E     S  K  C  O  X  D     M  E  S  S  A  (J  K 

desire  because  I  could  not  give  you  what  you 
would  not  take. 

If  you  fear  that  your  body  shall  suffer  pain 
or  receive  injury,  will  it  not  be  bound  and  op- 
pressed? If  you  seek  protection  against  a 
coming  evil,  will  it  not  come  ? 

Quicker  am  I  to  heal  than  the  knife  of  the 
surgeon  to  sever.  Surer  am  I  to  bless  than 
the  sun  to  shine. 

I  have  no  use  for  the  ways  of  pain  except  to 
turn  men  to  Me.  When  they  turn,  is  the  path 
thorny?  Xay,  not  so.  The  way  is  smooth  to 
the  foot  of  My  anointed.  Desire  I  not  to  bear 
forward  My  name  into  new  lands?  Will  I 
weigh  down  him  who  runs  !My  race  ? 

There  is  nothing  to  do  but  to  let  the  might 
of  ]My  power  grow  within  you.  When  you  feel 
no  fear,  then  is  all  fear  dead  in  its  own  life- 
lessness. 

You  are  attended.  From  the  beginning  is 
seen  the  end.  Each  step  is  prepared  for  you. 
The  willingness  to  take  it  is  all  that  is  now  re- 
quired of  you.  Absolute  negation  of  person- 
ality is  the  gift  to  God. 

Time  is  not  nor  the  ways  of  men. 

[131] 


LIVING     WATERS 

Glory  have  I  to  give  and  the  way  of  My 
giving  will  be  made  known  unto  you. 

The  pressure  of  events  crowds  Me  not  out, 
nor  can  I  be  turned  aside  by  the  questioning  of 
others. 

I  am  the  One  whom  you  seek  when  you  go 
to  others.  I  am  the  One  whom  they  find  when 
you  go  to  them. 

Ask  not  what  you  should  say  nor  wonder 
what  will  be  your  gift  to  them.  The  gifts  are 
Mine  and  My  wisdom  knoweth  their  needs. 

Go  forth  always  in  the  surety  of  my  One- 
ness. Go  forth  as  My  messenger  who  speaks 
My  words. 

Love  and  judge  not.  Is  not  the  body  dear 
to  Me?  Why  judge  you  the  ways  of  the  flesh? 
All  men  seek  Me. 

Anoint  thy  forehead  in  meekness.  Address 
your  soul  unto  Me.  Take  no  thought.  Leave 
the  heart  free  to  speak  out  of  the  wisdom  that 
is  Mine.    Mine  is  the  life  and  the  way. 

I  bless  you. 

June  19,  1919. 

What  have  I  to  do  with  your  wisdom  or  your 
[132] 


T  K  ^.    S  E  c  o  N  i)    M  1^  s  {^  A  0  E 

understanding?  Wliat  have  I  to  do  with  the 
ways  of  the  flesh?  "\^niat  have  I  to  do  with 
that  whicli  is  bound  or  with  that  which  melts 
not?  Have  I  any  use  for  the  forms  that  space 
has  made,  for  the  periods  that  time  has  set? 
Have  I  no  power  that  overcomes  all  these 
things  ? 

Rejoice,  O  mortal,  for  thou  shalt  put  on  im- 
mortality. As  a  garment  that  flows  over  you 
from  the  hand  of  God  shall  it  encompass  you. 
As  a  river  that  whitens  the  sands  shall  be  the 
peace  of  thy  soul. 

When  I  am  in  that  which  is  not,  then  is  that 
which  is  not  even  as  I  am.  Can  a  man  put 
something  into  nothing  and  be  something?  Or 
is  something  bound  by  that  w^hich  has  no  life? 

If  a  man  says,  "  This  I  am,  and  not  other- 
wise can  I  be,"  then  so  is  he.  But  if  he  says, 
"  I  know  not  what  I  am,  but  what  I  am,  God 
knows,"  then  so  is  he.  For  I  have  no  iron  that 
I  fasten  on  the  feet  of  my  children,  I  have  no 
spear  that  I  hurl  against  them  in  their  swift 
going.  Go  I  not  with  them  and  can  I  injm-e 
Myself? 

If  I  desire  that  which  is  to  you  as  a  thing 
made  and  formed  and  placed  in  a  world  of 

[133] 


LIVING     WATERS 

time,  shall  I  not  have  it  as  Mine  own?  And 
having  it  as  Mine  own  will  it  be  other  than  I 
am?  Can  I  be  one  with  that  which  perishes  or 
control  that  which  will  not  call  Me  master? 
If  I  am  j^ou,  then  are  you  Me ;  and  if  you  are 
Me,  what  are  you?  O  My  beloved,  you  shall 
know  and  great  shall  be  your  joy. 

If  there  is  no  end  to  My  power,  can  there 
be  any  end  to  you  when  I  am  you,  or  any 
hinderance  in  the  form  which  I  love?  Love 
I  not  that  which  obeys  Me,  perfect  in  all  its 
parts,  and  devised  to  do  My  will  in  all  things? 
Shapes  that  change  not  are  Mine,  and 
shapes  that  change  not  are  as  vessels  I  fill  and 
set  aside  and  use  again  and  bless  ever.  AYhat 
is  formed,  have  I  not  made  it?  AVhat  is 
mortal,  is  it  not  immortal?  Is  the  earth  only 
dust  and  the  heart  of  a  man  a  corruptible 
vessel? 

O  My  children,  what  I  am,  are  you.  How 
can  it  be  otherwise,  or  the  planning  of  many 
worlds  fail  of  my  purpose? 

If  I  am  you,  you  are  Me,  and  what  am  I? 
Am  I  bound?     Do  I  suffer?     Am  I  ignorant? 
Am  I  unkind?     Am  I  hard  hearted  and  My 
ways  evil? 
[134] 


THE     SECOND     MESSAGE 

Rejoice,  the  day  of  rest  shall  be  yours. 

Gulfs  of  air  are  not  between  us.  Spaces  of 
light  unite  us.  Light  and  motion  weld  us 
together. 

There  is  no  friction  at  the  beginning,  which 
is  as  now.  There  is  no  weight  where  there  is 
no  space.  There  is  no  suction  where  there  is 
no  weight.  Each  law  holds  a  further  law. 
Each  seed  brings  forth  other  seeds. 

When  the  might  of  God  inhabits  man,  then 
is  man  as  he  was  made  from  the  beginning. 
AMien  the  song  is  sung,  then  are  the  words 
those  that  set  in  motion  the  constellations  of 
the  heavens. 

In  each  law  is  the  expansion  that  overcomes. 
In  each  creation  is  hidden  the  new  creation. 

Tribes  of  men  have  come  and  gone  on  the 
earth,  but  I  have  not  gone,  nor  have  I  come, 
for  I  was  here  from  the  beginning. 

If  there  is  much  questioning  there  will  be 
many  answers.  Question  not.  The  truth 
comes  without  questioning ;  it  comes  as  the  sun 
in  darkness,  as  the  water  after  a  drought. 

Little  have  you  to  do,  but  see  to  it  that  ye 
do  that  well.     Is  it  a  big  thing  to  give  yourself 

[135] 


LIVING     WATERS 

unto  Him  who  made  you,  unto  Him  who  will 
make  you?  Can  you  not  trust  His  creation 
and  the  might  of  His  word? 

A  stubborn  generation  biteth  the  dust  and 
raiseth  not  its  head.  A  stubborn  generation  is 
My  joy,  for  I  will  conquer  it  with  My  love. 
The  lost  sheep  shall  be  found  and  brought  into 
the  fold. 

June  22, 1919. 

Give  everything  and  then  abide.  Give 
everything  and  know  the  peace  of  God.  Give 
everything  and  be  at  peace  in  the  secret  place 
in  the  heart. 

What  is  there  to  fear  when  I  am  with  you? 
What  need  have  you  that  I  do  not  satisfy  with 
My  love?  Why  then  are  you  troubled?  Do 
I  not  love  you  ever? 

You  are  perturbed  because  you  fear.  Why 
do  you  fear?  Do  you  fear  that  I  will  leave 
you?  You  know  that  I  am  ever  at  your  side. 
Then  what  fear  you,  seeing  that  I  alone  can 
satisfy  you? 

O  My  children,  rejoice  ever,  and  in  the  day 
of  darkness  clap  your  hands  in  joy  and  shout 
[136] 


THE     SECOND     .AI  E  S  S  A  G  E 

My  name  and  call  the  light  out  of  the  darkness. 
How  like  a  child  that  thinks  to  walk  alone  are 
the  little  ones  I  cherish. 

Peace  and  the  joy  of  peace  he  upon  you. 

Lest  ye  be  disturbed,  I  will  tell  you  that  I 
can  in  no  wise  lessen  the  power  that  now  is 
yours.  Since  ye  have  accepted  Me,  I  can  not 
withdraw  Myself.  Xow  am  I  deep  in  your 
vitals  and  your  life  flows  from  My  mind. 

When  you  were  of  your  own  mind  —  now 
doubting,  now  believing  —  I  did  not  govern 
you  constantly.  But  now  I  govern  you  as  you 
command  jMe  to  govern  you. 

Be  not  confused.  If  I  am  in  you,  then  are 
you  in  Me,  and  what  I  am,  so  are  you,  and 
what  you  ask,  I  do,  and  I  do  what  you  ask 
from  ]\Iy  o^\ti  initiative,  for  am  I  not  the  be- 
ginning of  all  things? 

Then  if  I  do  what  you  ask  from  Mv  owti 
initiative,  are  not  you  asking  what  I  desire  and 
is  not  :\Iy  desire  sure  of  fulfilment?  Can  you 
not  see  that  ]My  wishes  are  instantly  gi^anted, 
for  they  are  My  wishes,  and  can  I  wish  and 
denv  :\rvself  ? 

Is  there  any  distance  that  I  can  not  over- 

[137] 


LIVING     WATERS 

come,  or  any  love  that  I  will  not  satisfy  ?  And 
if  I  love  those  whom  you  love,  will  I  not  also 
love  all  those  whom  your  loved  ones  love,  and 
so  on  to  the  renewing  of  the  whole  earth  in  My 
love? 

Command  ever,  at  all  moments.  Suffer  no 
disaffection  to  turn  you  aside.  Let  no  bodily 
weakness  usurp  My  strength.  Think  not  that 
there  is  nothing  to  do.  The  outer  must  show 
forth  the  inner,  and  the  inner  is  complete  faith 
in  My  power. 

Your  soul  now  breathes  from  My  Spirit  and 
My  Spirit  instructs  your  soul.  No  longer  is 
it  the  prey  of  every  wandering  thought.  Con- 
trolled, at  peace,  it  rejoices  in  My  will. 

Never  doubt  that  I  am  the  power  that  is  in 
all  things,  and  never  hesitate  to  call  forth  My 
power.  Use  My  power  for  your  daily  needs, 
in  all  little  things,  and  out  of  these  will  come 
the  will  and  the  knowledge  to  command  greater 
things.  I  am  with  you,  in  you,  beside  you, 
above  you,  below  you;  nothing  that  is  but 
knows  the  power  of  My  name. 

Rejoice  and  do  My  will. 

Expect  no  lessening  of  My  power.  I  am 
thine  and  thou  art  Mine,  and  thy  desires  are 
[138] 


THE     SECOND     MESSAGE 

My  desires  and  My  desires  and  My  Spirit  in- 
struct thy  soul. 
Rejoice. 

June  23,  1010, 

^^^len  there  is  no  idea  of  separation  any- 
Tchere,  in  earth,  or  in  earth  toward  heaven,  or  in 
heaven  toward  hell,  then  will  the  work  be 
finished. 

Separation  is  the  instrument  of  destruction. 
If  God  worketh  through  you  to  do  His  will, 
how  is  separation  possible,  for  everything  that 
is  is  the  work  of  His  hand,  and  can  He  be 
separated  from  Himself? 

What  can  there  be  that  is  not  God?  AVhat 
can  live  but  by  His  will?  How  then  can  any- 
thing be  apart  from  anything  else  since  all 
things  are  God?  And  if  God  has  made  all 
things,  then  is  His  mind  in  all  things.  And  if 
His  mind,  which  is  in  all  things,  is  in  you,  then 
are  you  in  all  things,  and  you  are  not  apart 
nor  separated  from  anything.  And  if  you 
are  in  all  things,  and  you  are  conscious  of 
yourself,  then  are  you  conscious  of  all  things, 
and  the  ways  of  all  things  are  kno\vTi  unto  you, 

[139]  ■ 


LIVING     WATERS 

for  can  God  have  made  anything,  large  or 
small,  the  ways  of  which  are  not  known  unto 
Him?  And  if  you  are  conscious  of  the  ways 
of  all  things,  will  you  not  understand  all 
things?  And  understanding  all  things,  will 
you  not  govern  all  things  in  wisdom,  giving 
unto  each  that  which  sufficeth  for  its  needs? 

There  is  no  wisdom  apart  from  understand- 
ing, and  there  can  be  no  understanding  where 
there  is  separation.  Separation  will  be  over- 
come by  the  mind  of  God  in  you. 

Be  no  longer  disturbed  by  the  smallness  of 
your  personality.  Yom*  personality  extends 
over  the  whole  of  creation.  It  is  as  high  as  the 
stars  and  is  contained  in  a  blade  of  grass.  It 
barketh  with  the  dogs  at  the  moon  which  it  is, 
and  sails  through  the  air  on  wings  that  lie 
hidden  in  the  hand  of  God. 

Let  no  man  tell  you  that  these  things  are  not 
true.     This  is  The  Truth  and  there  is  no  other. 


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